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SSD Technology Highly Adopted But Not InfalliblePublication:
Storage NewsletterDate:
March 4, 2015According to a recent SSD technology use survey, Kroll Ontrack, Inc. revealed that while nearly 90% of respondents leverage the performance and reliability benefits of SSD technology within their organization, one-third confirmed they experienced some sort of SSD technology malfunction.

Altegrity Files for Chapter 11 BankruptcyAuthor:
Peg BrickleyPublication:
Company Gained Attention After Vetting Former NSA Contractor Edward SnowdenDate:
February 8, 2015Altegrity Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday, in a bid to implement a restructuring agreed with its leading creditors.

The Impact of New and Emerging Technology on E-discoveryAuthor:
Amanda CiccatelliPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
January 23, 2015Michele Lange, director of industry relations at Kroll Ontrack, sat down with InsideCounsel in an exclusive interview to discuss the technologies recently unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and how those innovations will impact ediscovery. One thing is clear: lawyers will need to understand how new technologies and devices work and where the data goes in order to assess the impact of the devices on litigation.

SQL Server Database Recovery Tool Retrieves by the TableAuthor:
Jessica SirkinPublication:
TechTargetDate:
January 20, 2015Kroll Ontrack clients speak openly about the value of Ontrack PowerControls for SQL, Kroll Ontrack's new recovery tool developed from customer feedback. The solution restores selected SQL tables without having to restore the entire database.

The Risks of a Big Man-made IT Disaster are on the RiseAuthor:
Patrick ThibodeauPublication:
ComputerworldDate:
January 13, 2015IT services are but one human error away from a spectacular failure, and there's very little evidence to suggest that we've found a way to stop people from making mistakes. There's scant evidence that process improvements, security training or technology advances are reducing human errors in IT operations. If anything, the risk of technology disasters is growing, despite the industry's best efforts.

Legal Departments Need to be Tech-savvy During LitigationAuthor:
Ed SilversteinPublication:
Inside CounselDate:
December 19, 2014Judges are increasingly interested in the various methods used to search for and locate electronic records when the information needs to be presented to opposing sides in a court case. In fact, some 50 judicial opinions related to e-discovery in 2014 reveal that judges wrote an unprecedented number of opinions on predictive coding and technology assisted review.

E-discovery Had a Big 2014Publication:
Corporate CounselDate:
December 18, 2014As it comes to a close, it’s clear that 2014 was a big year for e-discovery, with at least 50 important decisions in state and federal courts, according to Kroll Ontrack. Within these opinions, five categories emerged most often: Disputes over production, opinions focused on preservation and spoliation, cost considerations, procedural issues and sanctions.Take a closer look at some of the top trends in electronically stored information from the year.

Why Even Aggressive Lawyers Should Want to CooperateAuthor:
Michele C.S. Lange and Brian CallaPublication:
Today's General CounselDate:
December 4, 2014In litigation, cooperation on e-discovery matters does not conflict with the advancement of clients’ interests. It enhances it. Meetings and conferences regarding e-discovery protocols are crucial.

As Wearable Technology Data Grows, Companies Need Clear Legal Hold StrategyAuthor:
Amanda CiccatelliPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
December 1, 2014According to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting, demand for wearable technology is rising fast, with Q3 global shipments of 12.7 million units, up 40 percent from just over nine million units in 2013. When a lawsuit commences, litigation professionals must search these devices to find relevant documents, making a clear legal hold strategy for wearable technology more important than ever.

The Cure to the Big Data Headache: What to Know for Peace of MindAuthor:
Heather Evans and Michele C.S. LangePublication:
ACC DocketDate:
December 1, 2014Law firms have access to highly sensitive information about their corporate clients, and the rise of Big Data dictates the need for law firms to act as secure data centers for the digital fingerprints involved in each matter. However, according to the Online Trust Alliance, in 2013, data breaches reached an all-time high—proof that building a secure data center and protecting it from cyber threats is no simple task.

Kroll Ontrack's Top 10 Data Disasters and Recoveries of 2014Author:
Chris PreimesbergerPublication:
eWeekDate:
November 24, 2014Each year since 2004, Kroll Ontrack, a Minneapolis-based provider of data recovery products and services, compiles a list of its top 10 most unusual data disasters and subsequent recoveries. It's a fun read—especially if you are not one of the examples.

Kroll Ontrack: Ontrack PowerControls for SQLAuthor:
Kelsey LevittPublication:
SQL Server ProDate:
November 6, 2014On November 4th, Kroll Ontrack announced an expansion of its Ontrack PowerControls suite, which now includes granular search and restoration tool for SQL Server. Features include the ability to drag and drop single tables from native SQL backups or storage tier snapshots to the desired environment, table content preview prior to performing the restore, and elimination of the need for T-SQL or PowerShell scripting when restoring a table.

Kroll Ontrack Announces Granular Control for SQL RestorationAuthor:
James SullivanPublication:
Toms IT ProDate:
November 4, 2014Database recovery is a time consuming and, unfortunately, common process. For those using Microsoft SQL Server for their relational database needs, Kroll Ontrack is targeting the database architecture with a new addition to its Ontrack PowerControls suite called PowerControls for SQL. Ontrack PowerControls changes restores as DBAs know them today, giving the user the ability to granularly restore SQL tables without having to restore the entire database or use SQL to read the backups.

Kroll Ontrack Unveils Legal Hold to Corporate CounselsAuthor:
Sean DohertyPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
October 30, 2014Kroll Ontrack showcases its new Relativity Legal Hold offering, with Kroll Ontrack consulting, at the Association of Corporate Counsel’s annual meeting in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. The new software as a service is designed to help law firms and corporations automate the legal hold process.

Risk of WearablesAuthor:
Tom StarnerPublication:
RiskandInsurance.comDate:
October 15, 2014While wearable devices are being touted as the next big thing, opinions differ on whether gadgets like smart glass, fitness tracking bracelets and smart watches will match the hype. Regardless, legal experts believe this latest tech trend will bring added risk. Much like BYOD, where employees conduct company business on their personal smart phones and tablets, wearable technology use requires strong cyber policies to avoid company exposure.

Tech is Litigants’ Boon, Not Profession’s DoomAuthor:
David HorriganPublication:
National Law JournalDate:
September 1, 2014Assisted review is merely one way for attorneys to find their way through mountains of evidence. In this article, National Law Journal looks back at where we've been, where things stand now and where they may be going — while considering whether predictive coding really is a 21st Century Dick the Butcher for the legal profession.

Predictive Coding 2.0Author:
Joe White and Cliff NicholsPublication:
Westlaw Journal Computer & InternetDate:
August 28, 2014Joe White from Kroll Ontrack and Cliff Nichols of Day Pitney LLP discuss the benefits of predictive coding and how organizations can
use this method in litigation, but also for early data assessment, as a compliance tool and to create defensible record-retention policies.

Kroll Ontrack Updating Remote Data Recovery ServicePublication:
StorageNewsletter.comDate:
August 22, 2014Kroll Ontrack Inc. announced the availability of Ontrack Remote Data Recovery software. RDR is a patented, proprietary service that provides a solution for data loss situations. Utilizing the new version of RDR, engineers can work more efficiently on a specific data loss problem, saving valuable time during the data recovery process.

Kroll Ontrack Releasing Data Recovery Capabilities for VMware Virtual SanPublication:
StorageNewsletter.comDate:
August 15, 2014On the market since March 2014, Kroll Ontrack has recovered data from several HDDs that were managed by VSAN for a client in the Netherlands. In a combined team effort by Ontrack data recovery engineers from around the world, Kroll Ontrack was able to recover all the data stored in the VMs from a total of 15 disks and three SSDs.

Kroll Ontrack Announces New Version of its Proprietary Remote Data Recovery ServicePublication:
GSN: Government Security NewsDate:
August 12, 2014Kroll Ontrack, a provider of data recovery and ediscovery, has announced the availability of a new version of its Ontrack Remote Data Recovery (RDR) software. RDR is a patented, proprietary service that provides a fast and secure solution for data loss situations. Utilizing the new version of RDR, Ontrack Data Recovery engineers can work more efficiently on a specific data loss problem, saving valuable time during the data recovery process.

A Law Firm Cashes in on the Management of DataAuthor:
Catherine HoPublication:
Washington PostDate:
July 20, 2014One of the fastest-growing departments at Winston & Strawn is also one of the most obscure. The law firm has taken the unusual step of creating an in-house shop to handle an important but unglamorous part of the legal process known as e-discovery — the management of electronically stored data such as e-mails and text messages that law firms and corporate legal departments must gather, analyze and turn over to appropriate parties.

Data Recovery and Disk Repair: A Guide to Software and ServicesAuthor:
Stephen LawtonPublication:
Tom's HardwareDate:
July 20, 2014Depending on the severity and nature of your hard drive problems, data recovery solutions can range from free software to expensive services, and there are numerous consumer products for simple data recovery, such as a getting back a deleted file, a deleted disk partition, or data from a damaged disk sector.

Data Loss Impacts Businesses and Consumers AlikeAuthor:
Nathan EddyPublication:
eWeekDate:
June 16, 2014Storage media fails regardless of type; it is just a matter of when. This fact, coupled with the fact that HDDs are still the most prevalent drive is why HDD crashes have and continue to be the most common cause of data loss. To avoid such a failure, one should regularly defrag their computer, check its storage capacity, and run antivirus software as well as hard drive monitoring software.

Failures of Hard Disk Drives Remain the Leading Cause of Data LossAuthor:
Anton ShilovPublication:
Xbit LabsDate:
June 16, 2014Crashes of hard disk drives prevail as the most common cause of data loss according to a recent global survey by Kroll Ontrack, the leading provider of data recovery and discovery products and services. While many consumers and businesses these days use solid state-drives and cloud services to keep their data, hard disk drives are still the most common storage technology.

Your Hard Disk is the Biggest Culprit in Data LossAuthor:
Darren AllenPublication:
Tech Guru DailyDate:
June 16, 2014When it comes to data loss, the biggest bugbear by far is hard drive failure according to a new piece of research from data recovery outfit Kroll Ontrack. Of those surveyed – which was over 1,000 Kroll customers, drawn from businesses and home users across the globe – 72 per cent said that their last data loss incident involved a desktop or laptop spinning hard disk. SSDs came in second on 15 per cent, and RAID/virtual services on 13 per cent.

Ediscovery Evolution: Streamlining the Daunting Discovery ProcessAuthor:
John WinklerPublication:
ILTAnet.orgDate:
June 1, 2014Across the nation, the legal world approaches ediscovery with a stale case-by-case method. Piecemeal adoption of solutions can create a lot of inefficiency, especially when several aspects of an organization's existing cases can support a long-term, comprehensive portfolio management approach to e-discovery - one designed to minimize data transfers, decrease the number of stored documents and provide everything needed for e-discovery in one place.

Chaotic Case-by-Case Project ManagementAuthor:
John WinklerPublication:
Legal Tech NewsletterDate:
May 1, 2014Across the nation, there exists a relatively untested notion that the only approach to e-discovery is case-by-case — that every unique case requires an equally unique approach to discovery.

BYOD: Mixing Work and Play While Minimizing RiskAuthor:
Jodi VickermanPublication:
CMS WireDate:
April 3, 2014Just a few years ago, there was a clear divide between employer-owned, work-related devices and user-owned personal devices. But as more and more employees bring their own notebooks, tablets and smartphones for work and for personal purposes, that divide is shrinking and in some cases, shattering.

World Backup Day is Reminder for Electronic UsersAuthor:
Heidi EnningaPublication:
KSTP.comDate:
March 31, 2014World Backup Day is a reminder to not only backup your data, but verify that your backup is functioning properly to prevent losing your data. Every minute, 113 cellphones are lost or stolen, so if you don't have your data anywhere other than you phone, you could lose it in an instant.

What Draft Rule 37(e) Suggests for Evidence SpoliationAuthor:
Eric RobinsonPublication:
Corporate CounselDate:
March 27, 2014The proposed e-discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure exited the public comment period on Feb. 15. The long discussion has coalesced into a series of draft rules that seek to address the costs associated with e-discovery. While many commentators question the practical impact these amendments will have on proportionality and cooperation, make no mistake: Proposed Rule 37(e) marks a new direction for spoliation and preservation law.

Kroll Ontrack’s Top 10 Data Disasters Averted in 2013Author:
Chris PreimesbergerPublication:
eWeekDate:
December 13, 2013Every December since 2004, Kroll Ontrack, a Minnesota-based provider of data recovery products and services, has compiled a list of its top 10 most unusual data disasters and subsequent recoveries, which eWeek has put to a slideshow.

Top 10 Storage Disasters in 2013Publication:
Storage NewsletterDate:
December 13, 2013Kroll Ontrack announces its 11th annual list of the top 10 data disasters from 2013. For the last 11 years, it has been collecting and publishing a list of the toughest physical and logical failures from its offices around the globe.

Kroll Ontrack Recaps E-Discovery 2013 With a Google+ HangoutAuthor:
David HorriganPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
December 12, 2013As it has done since 2000, Kroll Ontrack surveyed the major e-discovery law cases of the year, 64 of them for 2013. In a sign of the times, Kroll Ontrack added a social media component to this year’s end-of-the year review, convening a panel of EDD law commentators in a Google+ Hangout on Dec. 10 to discuss 2013 and beyond.

More than 10 percent of drives sent to Kroll Ontrack for data recovery have been previously opened, hindering outcomesPublication:
BroadwayWorld.comDate:
November 6, 2013More than 10 percent of media sent to Kroll Ontrack for recovery has been previously opened, diminishing the chances of a successful recovery by more than 45 percent. According to Mike Burmeister, director of data recovery operations, Kroll Ontrack, “Recovering data from a physically damaged hard drive is considerably more difficult than a logical failure, so opening a failed drive should only happen in a professional and certified cleanroom environment with a laminar air flow system.”

Product of the week: Kroll Ontrack's ediscovery.comAuthor:
Sean DohertyPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
November 4, 2013Kroll Ontrack rises to the top of the news for its ediscovery.com product offering a suite of online software as a service that aims to accomplish collection, review and project management.

Kroll Ontrack launches ediscovery.comPublication:
Compliance WeekDate:
November 1, 2013Kroll Ontrack has unveiled a new model for conducting e-discovery, and has issued a new suite of products, with the launch of ediscovery.com. "With ediscovery.com, Kroll Ontrack is transforming e-discovery from an art (something that is re-created with every project) to a science (something that is predictable, reliable and efficient, with higher quality results)," said Kroll Ontrack President and CEO Dean Hager.

Kroll Ontrack takes e-discovery to the cloudAuthor:
Chris DimarcoPublication:
Inside CounselDate:
October 31, 2013Kroll Ontrack, a leading provider of e-discovery software, has announced that it will become one of the first providers to conduct its service from the cloud. Ediscovery.com, as it will be known, will offer legal departments a means to automate their discovery process more proactively, rather than treating each discovery process as a standalone incident.

Sandy showed why business continuity plans are crucialAuthor:
Brian T. HorowitzPublication:
CruxialCIODate:
October 30, 2013What did we learn from Sandy? Prior to Sandy, enterprises often put IT infrastructure in the basement, reserving upper floors for business offices – not necessarily a prudent decision considering IT infrastructure is critical. According to Kroll Ontrack Data Recovery Operations Manager Jeff Pederson, organizations also need to incorporate redundancy in their data backup plans and keep additional data centers at least 30 to 40 miles away from others.

Unstructured data: The black hole of ediscoveryAuthor:
Jennifer WightmanPublication:
JD Supra Law NewsDate:
October 30, 2013Big Data, Structured Data, Unstructured Data – these terms are becoming the buzzwords of ediscovery, but what do they mean?

Artificial intelligence may reduce soaring e-discovery costsAuthor:
Rachel KingPublication:
The Wall Street JournalDate:
October 29, 2013The Wall Street Journal reports that ediscovery technologies are marrying software with artificial intelligence. Also known as predictive coding, the software can find and ranks relevant documents, saving time on manual review and cutting the amount of money spent on e-discovery by more than 50%. Kroll Ontrack Monday released a new suite of products designed to help reduce the costs associated with Big Data and e-discovery.

Cloud-based app suite takes aim at e-discovery speed and costAuthor:
Stephen LawsonPublication:
PC WorldDate:
October 28, 2013A company that helps enterprises through e-discovery will give customers new tools to streamline the process and cut costs. Kroll Ontrack is bringing several features together under ediscovery.com, a site that enterprises will be able to use as a one-stop shop for managing the e-discovery process. The new apps will also offer greater automation. In doing so, the company plans to turn e-discovery from an art to a science, according to Kroll President and CEO Dean Hager.

How much will the next lawsuit cost? Kroll Ontrack tech can tellAuthor:
Katherine GraysonPublication:
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business JournalDate:
October 28, 2013Kroll Ontrack on Monday launched a fleet of products that aim to keep general counsels from blowing their budgets. The Eden Prarie-based company sells technology and services businesses use to mine internal data when they’re facing a lawsuit. Kroll Ontrack’s latest line of products make it easier for companies to pick apart costs tied to mounting a legal defense, said company CEO Dean Hager in an interview.

The Legos that sealed a $600,000 deal for Kroll OntrackAuthor:
Katherine GraysonPublication:
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business JournalDate:
October 24, 2013Data-recovery firm Kroll Ontrack didn’t have enough manpower to hand-clean 5,200 damaged tapes. Fortunately, it did have engineer Thomas Hanselmann and his son's Lego kit.
Hanselmann, the Legos and a $600,000 job that almost didn’t happen are at the center of what Kroll Ontrack CEO Dean Hager fondly calls the company’s “Lego moment.”

Cloud offers affordable disaster recovery optionsAuthor:
Dennis McCaffertyPublication:
BaselineDate:
October 9, 2013If your company's C-suite is constantly turning to IT to reduce costs, you may want to consider proposing the deployment of cloud storage solutions for disaster recovery (DR) and backup. By taking this route, many companies are saving a great deal of money and recovering essential applications and data quickly, according to a recent survey from TwinStrata.

Kroll Ontrack launches new e-discovery products in Europe and AsiaPublication:
Compliance WeekDate:
October 4, 2013Kroll Ontrack, a provider of e-discovery and data recovery products and services, has announced the launch of in-country e-discovery processing capabilities in Germany and France. Kroll also announced the launch of Ontrack Onsite, a self-contained, on-premise e-discovery solution.

Kroll Ontrack launches new EDD processing units for countries and corporationsAuthor:
Sean DohertyPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
October 2, 2013Kroll Ontrack, a provider of e-discovery and data recovery products and services, announced on Oct. 1 the launch of its in-country e-discovery processing capabilities in Germany and France, and Ontrack Onsite, which is self-contained e-discovery software designed to process and host data for review inside a corporate firewall.

How to cut e-discovery costsAuthor:
Michele LangePublication:
The Discovery UpdateDate:
October 1, 2013In today’s world of electronically stored information (“ESI”), it is increasingly costly to preserve, identify, and collect data for discovery – let alone analyze, review, and create a production. According to a 2012 e-discovery costs study by the RAND institute, e-discovery expenses are adding up. For every dollar spent on ESI production, collection consumes $.08, processing consumes $.19, and document review consumes $.73.

The “Lego moment”: One company’s simple solution to a $600,000 problemAuthor:
Neal UngerliederPublication:
Fast CompanyDate:
October 1, 2013It was a "Lego Moment" when a $600,000 data recovery contract relied on Lego blocks to save the day. Minnesota-based Kroll Ontrack, which specializes in recovering data, needed to hand-clean 5,200 damaged tapes for a $600,000 job. The problem? The company didn't have enough staff to hand-clean the equipment, and there were no tools available that could automate the task. Kroll's team was stumped, until one engineer, Thomas Hanselmann, went home to play with his son.

Who’s eating law firms’ lunch?Author:
Rachel Zahorsky and William D. HendersonPublication:
ABA JournalDate:
October 1, 2013Legal service providers, law schools and new grads are at the table, and one thing is for sure—technology and law are the wave of the future. This tech-driven approach to law is the growth area being targeted by some law schools and professors.

Virtualization won't save your dataAuthor:
Robin HarrisPublication:
ZDNetDate:
September 30, 2013A new survey by Kroll Ontrack — a data recovery firm — found that 80 percent of companies believe that keeping data in a virtual environment either decreases or does not impact their chance of data loss. Yet, 40 percent of companies using virtual storage today lost data from those environments in 2012.

Study: Virtualization and data recovery don’t always mixAuthor:
Maria DeutcherPublication:
SiliconANGLEDate:
September 26, 2013Forty percent of companies that store information in a virtualized environment have suffered data loss in the last 12 months, a new study published by Kroll Ontrack concludes. The data protection specialist surveyed more than 700 enterprises to determine whether virtualization is as reliable as VMware would have you believe.

E-evidence: Protection is in knowing where your data resides at all timesAuthor:
Jason Scott AlexanderPublication:
Canadian Bar AssociationDate:
September 12, 2013E-evidence is the “smoking gun” of employee misconduct, cover-ups, anti-company propaganda. Ten years ago, it was primarily email that forged the route for hidden agendas, personal biases and various forms of intellectual property to freely float unchecked out the door.
Today’s litigators are dealing with significant new factors, including a surge in corporate data volumes, which has led to skyrocketing litigation costs.

Manage Risks to Reap Social Media RewardsAuthor:
Jodi VickermanPublication:
Today's General CounselDate:
September 12, 2013The benefits of social media are considerable, but there are risks associated with their use for marketing or inter-company communication. Social media sites are gold mines of evidence for data investigations and litigation. Uniform standards with regard to discoverability, preservation, collection and authentication have yet to emerge.

Is Litigation the Weak Link in Information Supply Chain Security?Author:
Deborah Jostes and Daniel ChuddPublication:
Security MagazineDate:
September 10, 2013As an enterprise security professional managing information and cyber security, your duty is to protect your company’s data and confidential communications from theft or loss. The challenges are daunting. Yet while you fortify firewalls, encrypt data, and install the latest technologies, important confidential data may be regularly leaving your control in the legal process.

Risk Management Series Part TwoAuthor:
Melissa DeBilzanPublication:
Precision ManufacturingDate:
September 10, 2013The first article in this 3-part series outlined steps companies can take to minimize damage to buildings and physical property in the event of a catastrophe. This second article will look at ways to protect intangible assets, namely data and intellectual property, from outside threats.

Data Loss Can Happen Anywhere – and to AnyoneAuthor:
Dave ChappellePublication:
SecurebuzzDate:
September 9, 2013Data loss incidents, such as accidental deletion, a computer virus or physical hardware damage, can be devastating to an individual and enterprises, and can happen despite best efforts at prevention.

Metadata… What is it? Why and How Do We Preserve It?Author:
Shaun StockmanPublication:
DataversityDate:
September 9, 2013Do a search on “Metadata” on the internet and the most common definition you may find is “Metadata: The data of data.” This is true, but what makes up this “data” of data? Think of the title of your car. From the title of your car you can find out the make, model, owner, year. This is your car’s “metadata.”

Online Exclusive: Data Loss Can Happen Anywhere and to AnyoneAuthor:
John RiddellPublication:
Security TodayDate:
September 3, 2013Data loss incidents, such as accidental deletion, a computer virus or physical hardware damage, can be devastating to an individual as well as enterprises, and can happen despite all best efforts at prevention.

A Comprehensive Guide for Learning to Like Social MediaAuthor:
Adam Sand & Jodi A. VickermanPublication:
ACC DocketDate:
September 1, 2013Social media is here to stay, and avoiding the topic is no longer an option. Corporations contemplating the unique issues related to social media must arm themselves with the necessary knowledge to allow them to approach the subject in an educated, proactive and defensible manner.

Digital Data Clean-UpAuthor:
Shaun StockmanPublication:
DataversityDate:
August 7, 2013Long days filled with anxiety, trips to the dumpster and painful sorting come to mind when someone says “cleaning house.” While most of us dutifully purge clothes, lawn debris from the fall and winter and other products untouched in the past year, we often neglect to show the same attention to our digital data. Making devices part of your clean-up efforts will not only help your system run faster, it will give you a chance to review and sort files, photos and data.

NSA May Have All Your Data: Here’s How You Can Spruce It UpAuthor:
Ryan CoxPublication:
Silicon AngleDate:
July 31, 2013With recent news of NSA + PRISM collection methods, more confusion has emerged around what it is/isn’t collecting on you without your permission. The topic been a hot button to say the least, and it’s about to get even hotter.

Kroll Ontrack Has 3 New Pricing ModelsPublication:
Legal Technology BytesDate:
July 23, 2013Kroll Ontrack Inc. has announced three new pricing models for its e-discovery, information management, and data recovery products and services.

Kroll Ontrack Has 3 New Pricing ModelsPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
July 23, 2013Kroll Ontrack Inc. has announced three new pricing models for its e-discovery, information management, and data recovery products and services.

Kroll Ontrack Launches Ontrack PowerControls 7.0Publication:
ComplianceweekDate:
June 21, 2013Kroll Ontrack, a provider of data recovery, ediscovery and information management products and services, has made available Ontrack PowerControls Version 7.0.

Kroll Ontrack Recovers Exchange and SharePoint 2013 DataAuthor:
Sean DohertyPublication:
Law.comDate:
June 21, 2013Description: Ontrack PowerControls 7.0 is data recovery software, available in two versions. One version is designed to recover Microsoft Exchange Server data and another to recover Microsoft Office SharePoint data. Both versions read data backups to search items of interest in litigation or investigations and recover, restore, and export those items to a production server or archive for further processing.

Help Your Customers Help ThemselvesAuthor:
Shaun StockmanPublication:
DataversityDate:
June 19, 2013People of all ages are looking to the web for a "fast fix" to a variety of problems. Many companies are realizing this and are deploying self help oppurtunities to cut costs and increase efficiencies.

Gartner Announces E-Discovery Leaders in 'Magic Quadrant'Author:
Sean DohertyPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
June 17, 2013Gartner Inc. published its "Magic Quadrant for E-Discovery Software," evaluating 23 vendors to help readers pick the right e-discovery software for their organization's needs. Gartner analysts Debra Logan, Alan Dayley, and Sheila Childs identified the included vendors as leaders, visionaries, niche players, or challengers in the e-discovery software industry and mapped each to the research company's Magic Quadrant as of June 2013.

Online Exclusive: Laying the Groundwork for BYOD SecurityAuthor:
Jeff PedersonPublication:
Security-TodayDate:
June 14, 2013As the war over mobile-device market share wages on–especially with the launch of several new phones and tablets into the market–we can expect a continued rise of security issues in the workplace.

Between a Rock and a Hard DriveAuthor:
Douglas PagePublication:
DFI NewsDate:
May 28, 2013The means by which data can be forensically retrieved from badly damaged hard drives is being put to extreme tests in the high-profile Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting case in Newtown, CT.
The shooter, Adam Lanza, removed the hard drive from his computer, then smashed it before driving to the school. Investigators hope to learn what may have motivated the madness from data hidden on his damaged drive and other electronic equipment.

Bizarre Delaware predictive coding saga casts doubt on new technology’s viability in small casesAuthor:
Robert HilsonPublication:
Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (aceds)Date:
May 23, 2013The highly publicized predictive coding standoff that subjected adversaries in the Delaware Chancery Court to the whims of judge J. Travis Laster has ended with more compromise and important lessons than its inauspicious beginnings augured.The case shows that confusion among lawyers and judges over when and how computer-assisted review should be leveraged remains, but that those doubts can be countered with cooperation and planning.

How the predictive coding process will affect paralegalsAuthor:
Victor F. PanieczkoPublication:
The Legal IntelligencerDate:
May 16, 2013Technology-assisted review and the predictive coding process have transformed the discovery process of litigation in ways that were inconceivable even a decade ago.

EDRM remains vital to e-discoveryAuthor:
Albert BarsocchiniPublication:
Law.comDate:
May 10, 2013The 9th annual Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) kickoff meeting wrapped up this week in Saint Paul, Minn. Some had thought that EDRM would be a 1 year exercise, but 9 years later EDRM remains vital to E-Discovery.

7 lessons to guide you through the e-discovery landscapeAuthor:
Melissa MaleskePublication:
InsideCounselDate:
May 1, 2013As the e-discovery march goes on, litigants continue to wrestle with questions and disputes both familiar and novel. Eventually they land before the judiciary, which is doing its part to provide useful, informed guidance and to help shape a constantly evolving new frontier. The decisions in these recent cases, drawn from the past 15 months, touch on some of the hottest—and thorniest—issues in the world of e-discovery today.

Lawyers USA: Hot topics in electronic discoveryAuthor:
Correy StephensonPublication:
Lawyers USADate:
May 1, 2013Ever-evolving and constantly growing, electronic discovery presents a variety of challenges for litigators. In addition to the rise of computer-assisted review, attorneys are struggling with three other concerns related to electronically stored information, or ESI: defensible deletion, cost-shifting and the use of clawback agreements. Here is a look at how these issues arise in cases and what attorneys need to know about dealing with them.

Judge Peck's refusal to recuse in 'Da Silva Moore' remains after appealAuthor:
Monica BayPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
April 15, 2013It's been quiet on the Da Silva Moore front lately, but the almost-eternal saga over whether or not United States Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck, of the Southern District of New York, would have to recuse himself for alleged conflicts of interest in the use of predictive coding has been resolved.

RAID vs Drive Rebuilds – Part 2Author:
David LoguePublication:
DataversityDate:
April 15, 2013This is a follow up to the original article on RAID vs. Drive Rebuilds. Several questions came up since the original posting, and Part 2 will attempt to address those questions.

E-Merging: Mergers and acquisitions in today’s era of big dataAuthor:
Michele LangePublication:
Inside CounselDate:
April 12, 2013Corporate mergers and acquisitions are now making a comeback after a screeching halt during the global financial crisis. In 2013, this upswing coincides with the new realities of “Big Data” in corporate America.The combination of these situations—troves of digital records and more companies seeking governmental merger approval—creates the imperative that corporate counsel pay special attention to e-discovery practices, now more than ever before.

Getting back lost dataPublication:
Mobile Enterprise MagazineDate:
April 7, 2013With widespread adoption of mobile devices, data recovery is becoming a common topic for mobile employees. Kroll Ontrack, a data recovery service firm, has seen a 161% increase in mobile device recoveries for phones and tablets from 2011 to 2012.

Predictive coding is on the rise in courtsPublication:
ABA JournalDate:
April 1, 2013Last April, Law by the Numbers first appeared in the ABA Journal with a study of the effectiveness of technology-assisted review in e-discovery cases. For our first anniversary, we return to the subject with a study showing TAR and predictive coding are getting increased attention in America’s court system.

Mobile device data recoveries surgePublication:
Help Net SecurityDate:
March 25, 2013Kroll Ontrack saw a 55 percent increase in mobile device recoveries for phones and tablets from 2010 to 2011, and a 161 percent increase from 2011 to 2012. With more and more people storing valuable personal and business data on their mobile devices, there is no doubt the demand for recovery when something goes wrong will continue to climb.

Celebrating world backup dayAuthor:
Michael VizardPublication:
SuliaDate:
March 21, 2013In observance of this year’s World Backup Day the folks at Kroll Ontrack, a provider of data recovery services, wants to share some interesting data points.

'Assassins' aim to reinvent lawAuthor:
Monica BayPublication:
Law.comDate:
March 20, 2013Daniel Martin Katz, an assistant professor of law at Michigan State University, was one of four presenters for a recent program at Fordham University School of Law, on "The Impact of Technology on the Future of Law Firms." Katz and other panelists spent their time discussing chalenges for Big Law and how legal technology and e-discovery practices are affecting the future of law firms.

As mobile penetration grows, device recoveries are up 161%Publication:
InfoSecurity MagazineDate:
March 20, 2013The number of mobile phones worldwide is expected to exceed the world’s population by 2014, and they’re getting smarter, too, with the ability to store vast swaths of valuable personal and business data within apps, contacts and messaging. Consistent with the widespread adoption of mobile devices, 2012 saw a 161% increase in mobile device data recoveries.

Best data recoveryPublication:
New York MagazineDate:
March 1, 2013New York Magazine presents a strong case for Kroll Ontrack's data recovery capabilities. A few success stories are presented regarding recovery projects.

VMware and NFS – disconnected, lost and saved?Author:
Dave LoguePublication:
DataversityDate:
March 1, 2013Recently VMware® and NetApp® identified an issue that affects multiple customers. Customers running ESX 5 can experience issues with NetApp NFS data volumes under high load. Vaughn Stewart detailed the “naughty” behavior and the proposed resolutions from NetApp and VMware in his blog.

One small step for cost-shifting, one giant leap for e-discoveryAuthor:
Dianne Humes and David J. KearneyPublication:
Law.comDate:
February 20, 2013Each e-discovery development pushes the legal system further into the digital frontier, and cost-shifting is the latest topic at the helm. In our expanding world of big data, and as judges begin to confront the increasing expense of producing electronically stored information (ESI), rules are necessarily evolving toward a new paradigm based on cost-shifting.

Zubulake revisited: Shifting standards in e-discoveryAuthor:
Michele LangePublication:
InsideCounselDate:
February 11, 2013Since its inception, the rule forged by Judge Shira Scheindlin in the Zubulake v. UBS Warburg and Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Pension Plan v. Banc of America Securities decisions—that the failure to implement a written litigation hold is gross negligence per se—has been the “gold standard” in e-discovery. However, in light of recent case law departures from Zubulake, that standard might be changing in 2013 and beyond.

Journey into the Borg Hive: Part NineAuthor:
Ralph LoseyPublication:
e-discoveryteam.comDate:
February 10, 2013This is a continuation of Journey into the Borg Hive: Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven and Eight of a SciFi Saga. This series is about a legal search project set sometime in the not too distant future.

Toppling the barriers to SSD adoptionAuthor:
Alan R. EarlsPublication:
Data Center AccelerationDate:
February 4, 2013A few years ago solid-state drives was going to be the next big thing. However, cost and potential challenges of recovering from a failed SSD are slowing the transition. A Kroll Ontrack Survey helped identify some of the barriers to SSD Adoption.

Kroll Ontrack partners With Hudson Legal and NightOwlAuthor:
Sean DohertyPublication:
Law.comDate:
January 31, 2013Most software providers evolve from software distribution to software as a service. Kroll Ontrack is evolving from services to software with a new Managed Service Provider partner program initiated with two partners: Hudson Legal and NightOwl Discovery.

Bit error analysis of drives submitted for data recoveryAuthor:
Clint FosterPublication:
Disaster Recovery JournalDate:
January 21, 2013Flash media provides many challenges for data recovery personnel, including the ECC (Error Correction Coding) that is implemented within. The question at hand: are the current ECC codes in this analysis adequate at handling the bit errors in the flash media?

Do-it-yourself (DIY) ediscovery: Good idea or train wreck waiting to happen?Author:
Charles SkamserPublication:
eDiscovery TimesDate:
January 21, 2013Over the past several years, the concept and associated technology to support Do-It-Yourself (DIY) eDiscovery has emerged within the litigation services and technology market as an approach that can increase productivity, provide users with more control over the process and ultimately reduce the overall cost of eDiscovery. Although there are use cases that prove the value of DIY eDiscovery, some people contend it may be a "Train Wreck Waiting to Happen".

BYOD, virtualization, encryption may drive Data Recovery in 2013Author:
Vance McCarthyPublication:
Integration Developer NewsDate:
January 16, 2013New findings have linked last year’s explosion in BYOD, solid state devices and enterprise virtualization to mounting concerns over data loss – and growing demand for data discovery services. The trends will continue in 2013, according to the research from Kroll Ontrack, a provider of data recovery and ediscovery solutions.

Ontrack Eraser 4.0 adds new VMware Eraser capabilitiesPublication:
DBTA Database Trends and ApplicationsDate:
January 10, 2013Kroll Ontrack, a provider of data recovery, e-discovery and information management, has introduced the latest version of Ontrack Eraser, a software tool that enables overwrite erasure of data on hard drives to ensure security and so that drives can be repurposed.

Property casualty 360: study analyzes e-discovery trends and decisionsPublication:
Property Casualty 360Date:
January 8, 2013Kroll Ontrack, the technology services division of risk consulting company Kroll Inc., has published its analysis of all reported e-discovery decisions in 2012.
Released in late December, the report is the culmination of Kroll Ontrack’s experts’ summarization of 70 of the most significant state and federal judicial opinions related to the preservation, collection, review and production of electronically stored information (ESI).

Security industry leaders look back at 2012Author:
Jeff PedersonPublication:
Security MagazineDate:
January 3, 2013Security executives need to be aware of what data they are protecting, where it is located and how to recover it when it is lost or compromised.

Security policies at the heart of IT in 2013Author:
Jeff PedersonPublication:
Security MagazineDate:
January 3, 2013As more and more personal mobile devices are showing up in the workplace, security policies should address potential issues. Whether or not a company embraces BYOD, they cannot ignore the data integrity and retention implications of all the personal smartphones and tablets showing up in the workplace.

Study analyzes e-discovery trends in 2012Author:
Julie BeckPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
December 31, 2012Kroll Ontrack, the technology services division of risk consulting company Kroll Inc., released an analysis of all the reported e-discovery decisions in 2012. It picked out trends from the opinions to determine what the major e-discovery issues were this year.

2012 judicial opinions emphasized e-discovery process and best practicesAuthor:
Michele LangePublication:
InsideCounselDate:
December 26, 2012Year over year, e-discovery issues evolve at the speed of light, and 2012 was no exception, with significant judicial opinions impacting the electronically stored information (ESI) landscape. In the past year, Kroll Ontrack summarized and categorized 70 of the most significant state and federal judicial opinions related to the preservation, collection, review and production of ESI.

Adam Lanza computer may be salvageable: Data retriveal expertsAuthor:
Michelle MillerPublication:
CBS NewsDate:
December 19, 2012CBS News reported how Adam Lanza destroyed his computers before he drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday. Investigators say the Newtown gunman did such a thorough job, the FBI has been unable to retrieve any information from those computers. But CBS News visited one company (Kroll Ontrack) that might be able to help.

10 data disaster recovery miracles for 2012 from Kroll OntrackAuthor:
Chris PreimesbergerPublication:
eWeekDate:
December 18, 2012Every December since 2004, Kroll Ontrack, an established provider of data recovery products and services, compiles a list of its Top 10 most unusual data disasters and subsequent recoveries. It's always an interesting read. Through its Ontrack Data Recovery products and services, Minneapolis-based Kroll Ontrack uses hundreds of proprietary tools and techniques to help businesses and consumers recover lost or corrupted data from all types of operating systems, devices and storage media.

Adam Lanza's smashed hard drive doesn't erase his digital footprint, experts sayAuthor:
Gerry SmithPublication:
The Huffington PostDate:
December 18, 2012Before going on a murderous rampage last week, Adam Lanza reportedly took a dramatic step to erase his digital history: He removed the hard drive from his computer and smashed it with either a hammer or screwdriver. By doing so, he may have destroyed evidence that would help understand his motive for the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School. However, in the age of cloud computing there are additional ways to follow up on his online footprint.

Adam Lanza’s hard drive data might be recoverable [Op-Ed]Author:
Patrick FryePublication:
Adam Lanza’s Hard Drive Data Might Be Recoverable [Op-Ed]Date:
December 18, 2012The FBI continues to search for more details about the recent school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. As the search for information continues, two major questions can be posed. What was Adam Lanza trying to hide by damaging his hard drive, and is the hard drive data recoverable?

Lawyer for e-discovery Company predicts predictive coding will become an ethical obligationAuthor:
Debra Cassens WeissPublication:
ABA Journal.comDate:
December 6, 2012Howard Sklar, senior corporate counsel at Recommind Inc., outlines the stages at the Core Perspective. Recommind and Kroll Ontrack are two of the big players marketing predictive coding, according to the Legal Whiteboard, which defines predictive coding as the use of computer algorithms and machine learning to review electronically stored information. Skylar explains the recent past and the quickly approaching future of predictive coding.

Social Media, the law and what we've learned in 2012Author:
Marisa PeacockPublication:
CMSWireDate:
December 6, 2012"You could say that 2012 was the year that the legal industry embraced social media — but that doesn't mean that social media embraced the legal system." Marisa Peacock sumarizes many topics from 2012 in regards to Social Media and the law.

A tale of two officers: Uniting CIOs and CLOs for more effective e-discoveryAuthor:
Michele LangePublication:
InsideCounselDate:
November 28, 2012Frequent communication between chief legal officers and chief information officers is essential for effective litigation management, according to Chief Legal Officers Need Better Partnerships with IT, a new survey conducted by media company ALM and analyst firm Gartner stress the importance of unifying CIOs and CLOs, and preparing for e-discovery in order to gain efficiencies when and if a company foresees litigation.

Minimizing the risks of data lossAuthor:
David LoguePublication:
DataversityDate:
November 28, 2012In continuation of the series on Solid State Drives, David Logue discusses how to minimize the risks associated with data loss and data destruction.

Sandy wounded servers, some grievously, say services firmsAuthor:
Patrick ThibodeauPublication:
ComputerworldDate:
November 7, 2012Many east coast IT infrastructure rescue efforts are underway in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Companies that specialize in data recovery are still getting many calls for help from businesses and institutions whose equipment was damaged by the effects of Hurricane Sandy.

Courts are testing and accepting technology-assisted reviewPublication:
Executive CounselDate:
November 6, 2012The promise of Technology- Assisted Review (TAR) is to reduce the time and money it takes to produce responsive materials, using a blend of attorney analysis and computer intelligence. TAR is currently being tested in state and federal courts around the country.

International e-discovery: Privacy and data protection across the globePublication:
West Law JournalDate:
November 2, 2012Modern business practices, driven by an upsurge in the number of multinational companies, are colliding with the global complexity of litigation, investigations, regulation, arbitration and compliance. In this swiftly changing global environment, it is imperative that legal practitioners develop an ironclad international legal skill set, which begins by building a greater understanding of e-discovery, privacy and data protection laws across the globe.

Dataversity: SSD vs. HDD – Data destruction and asset disposalAuthor:
David LoguePublication:
dataversity.netDate:
October 29, 2012This post is a continuation of the series on Solid State Drives (SSDs) and their role in enterprise storage as it relates to SSD and HDD data destruction and asset disposal. The first blog addressed the differences between SSD and HDD in the area of data loss and data recovery.

Challenges of authenticating social media evidenceAuthor:
Correy StephensonPublication:
Lawyers USA OnlineDate:
October 16, 2012A MySpace post cautioning against snitching to the police. A picture on Facebook showing an allegedly injured, emotionally traumatized plaintiff dancing and enjoying herself. A Foursquare check-in putting an individual at the scene of an accident. Evidence from social media could be essential to a case, but how do you get it in front of a jury?

Secure data recovery mythbustingAuthor:
Todd JohnsonPublication:
SecuritymagazineDate:
October 9, 2012From a natural disaster ruining your corporate servers to an employee accidently deleting files to a security breach of your customer files, without the right support both from IT and an outside contractor, a data disaster could wreak havoc on your organization and its ever-growing, ever-important data. Myths about working with a data recovery provider abound, but you don’t need to fear data disasters any longer.

Minimize & prepare for data recovery failuresPublication:
Processor MagazineDate:
October 5, 2012This data recovery article discusses tips for busineses to plan ahead to protect from data loss and downtime. Abhik Mitra, product manager for data recovery, Kroll Ontrack, is quoted throughout the article discussing how an existing data recovery expert relationship can save precious time and money. He also says it’s important to come up with a list of possibilities to make sure your company is prepared for almost anything, even human error.

Organizations hit By e-mail lossesPublication:
Investors.comDate:
October 5, 2012Nearly half of organizations worldwide reported data loss from Microsoft (MSFT) Exchange Server and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, the two most used e-mail and enterprise content management applications, in the past year.

Kroll Ontrack Inview upgrades to 7.4Author:
Michael RoachPublication:
Kroll Ontrack Inview Upgrades to 7.4Date:
September 27, 2012Minneapolis-based e-discovery software and service provider Kroll Ontrack has announced an upgraded version of its review tool, Ontrack Inview 7.4, which include improvements to its predictive coding and search capabilities.

Kroll Ontrack upgrades InviewAuthor:
Michael RoachPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
September 27, 2012Minneapolis-based e-discovery software and service provider Kroll Ontrack has announced an upgrade to Ontrack Inview, which includes improvements to the review tool's predictive coding and search capabilities.

Nearly 50% organizations experienced document data lossPublication:
Help net-securityDate:
September 27, 2012Nearly half of organizations experienced data loss from the world’s two most used e-mail and enterprise content management applications, Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, in the past year, with 59 percent reporting that it took at least half of a business day to recover from that loss.

E-mail downtime throws business for a lossAuthor:
Ned SmithPublication:
Business News DailyDate:
September 26, 2012When email and enterprise content management applications, such as Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Office SharePoint, go down, so does your business. Ned Smith discusses the potential time loss and financial loss that may occur, as well as tools that can granularly restore the data.

Top 10 things you want in your backup contractPublication:
Talkin' CloudDate:
September 26, 2012There are key points that any backup contract should include to alleviate misunderstandings. Protect yourselves and clients by taking time to include these in your contract.

Only 33 percent of organizations test dr plan regularlyPublication:
Storage NewsletterDate:
September 19, 2012A cloud survey conducted by Kroll Ontrack interprets 367 IT professionals’ responses to questions pertaining to Data Recovery from a traditional storage device, virtual environment, as well as cloud. Also discussed are some key questions to consider prior to incorporating cloud in your storage architecture.

SSD vs. HDD - The missing considerationsAuthor:
Dave LoguePublication:
DataversityDate:
September 17, 2012Kroll Ontrack Lead Remote Data Recovery Engineer, Dave Logue explains the necessary considerations when evaluating solid state against traditional hard drives. A primary consideration to take into consideration is the possibility of data loss and the need for data recovery. It could mean the difference between meeting the requirements for enterprise applications and disaster.

Tips for a successful litigation hold: Five vital components of every custodian interviewPublication:
Digital Discovery and EEvidenceDate:
September 13, 2012Custodian interviews are a critical tool in the successful execution of legal holds. In the e-discovery era, a working knowledge of the purpose and process of custodian interviews, especially as applied to electronic data, will help elevate an organization’s legal practice to the necessary level of sophistication demanded by courts across the country.

The 5 vital components of a successful custodian interviewAuthor:
Wayne WongPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
September 7, 2012Kroll Ontrack Managing Consultant Wayne Wong explains that in the e-discovery era, a working knowledge of the purpose and process of custodian interviews, especially as applied to electronic data, will help elevate a corporation’s legal practice to the necessary level of sophistication demanded by courts across the country. Learn the 5 vital components of successful custodian interviews.

Backup, backup, backupPublication:
New Business MinnesotaDate:
September 1, 2012Backup is the most important word in Data Security. Learn about several state of the art options that IT companies are providing to backup and protect your data assets.

Dodd-Frank: The keys to compliance successAuthor:
Jim KimPublication:
FierceFinance.comDate:
September 1, 2012Thanks largely to Dodd- Frank, a new regulatory mindset has emerged. And banks and other companies must be prepared to produce information of all types on demand under tight deadlines. Anticipating this need, companies would be wise to invest in their IT and records management infrastructure now, to automate the process by which information can be produced as required by law in the most useful, organized fashion. Review some of the best practices.

E-discovery evolved: Smart searchingAuthor:
Wayne WongPublication:
Inside CounselDate:
August 16, 2012Successful e-discovery exercises often leverage technology to complement human analysis and advocacy skills. By implementing a smart, multi-faceted approach, advances in technologies can effectively narrow the scope of review and find an appropriate number of relevant documents while limiting inadvertent disclosures. To establish the most effective process possible, counsel should work with technology providers to identify best practices and strategies to bolster a smart searching protocol.

Cloud infrastructure adoption soars, data loss risks loom: StudyAuthor:
Erin HarrisonPublication:
MSP NewsDate:
August 15, 2012Although organizations are implementing cloud computing for storage and other needs, only about one-third of them regularly test data recovery plans. While it’s clear the cloud is gaining ground among organizations looking to streamline their technology infrastructure and cut IT costs, data loss can occur in any environment, regardless of the specific technology.

Organizations lack protocols to protect data in the cloudPublication:
Help Net SecurityDate:
August 15, 2012This piece highlights a survey conducted by Kroll Ontrack highlighting that while sixty-two percent of survey respondents are leveraging the cloud and/or virtualization, only 33 percent of these organizations test data recovery plans regularly. Kroll Ontrack Data Recovery Product Manager Abhik Mitra explains, “Virtualization is the engine of cloud technology, and if virtualization fails, the cloud fails. Whether it is human error or an operating failure, it is important to know who to turn to.”

Survey: Cloud data recovery increasing, testing stallsAuthor:
Chris TalbotPublication:
Talkin’ CloudDate:
August 15, 2012According a survey conducted by Kroll Ontrack, only 33 percent of organizations test their data recovery plans regularly, even as more businesses look to the cloud and virtualized environments to build out their data recovery strategies. Kroll Ontrack Data Recovery Product Manager Abhik Mitra encourages organizations to carefully vet cloud providers prior to adopting a new storage medium to gain a clear understanding of their service level agreements and business continuity plans.

A tale of two officers: Uniting CLOS and CIOS for more effective e-discoveryAuthor:
Deborah Jostes of Kroll Ontrack and Racquel Tamez of CSC Inc.Publication:
Westlaw JournalDate:
August 10, 2012Frequent communication between chief legal officers and chief information officers is essential for effective litigation management, according to a new survey conducted by media company ALM and analyst firm Gartner. Survey respondents reported that of all functions of information technology, e-discovery was the aspect that legal departments found most dissatisfactory. This article provides guidelines for CLOs and CIOs to understand one another’s roles in the e-discovery process.

BYOD checklist: Who is responsible for whatPublication:
Westlaw JournalDate:
August 10, 2012Neither employees nor management should let themselves be tempted by the benefits of BYOD without addressing the risks. If companies opt to move forward with implementing BYOD, it is critical that clear guidelines, monitoring and training are in place. Doing so will better ensure cost savings and employee enablement, which will ultimately improve business overall.

Data Recovery software reviews: Kroll Ontrack EasyRecovery professional reviewsPublication:
Ask Data RecoveryDate:
July 23, 2012This piece provides an overview of Kroll Ontrack EasyRecovery Professional, calling it the “rare data recovery software that can handle recovery for both Mac and Windows machines.” The article explains that Ontrack EasyRecovery Professional will perform unlimited recoveries for virtually any time of drive system, is available for free trials for both operating systems, and has a robust collection of tools all aimed at maximizing data recovery on damaged machines and removable media.

Six practical tips for e-discovery in Asia and the PacificAuthor:
Wayne WongPublication:
Inside CounselDate:
July 20, 2012In almost every country, the discovery of data, especially electronically stored information (ESI), is becoming an increasingly critical aspect of litigation. Kroll Ontrack ESI Consultant Wayne Wong provides an overview of global discovery, outlines recent e-discovery developments in APAC countries, and walks through six practical tips to deal with international discovery issues.

Kroll Ontrack revs Verve DIY e-discoveryAuthor:
Sean DohertyPublication:
Law.comDate:
July 18, 2012This piece provides an overview of Verve 2.1, the DIY discovery software solution from Kroll Ontrack. In addition to highlighting new functionality and reporting features within Verve 2.1, the article also reviews Intelligent Review Technology (IRT), now celebrating its second year in the market. Kroll Ontrack Legal Technologies Director Michele Lange shows that automated document review technology has driven down review costs and weeded out workflow inefficiencies.

Evolution at lightning speed: Technology Assisted Review in the courtsAuthor:
Michele C.S. Lange, Esq.Publication:
The Daily JournalDate:
June 27, 2012During the technology assisted review process, human document reviewers are assisted by a computerized process in which a system of electronically stored information is “trained” through multiple search term iterations to code documents with various levels of relevance. Three pending cases perfectly illustrate the eager response that the recent introduction of this game-changing litigation technology has sparked within the legal community.

Perfecting productionAuthor:
Wayne WongPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
June 20, 2012Production is perhaps the most scrutinized event in e-discovery. Parties are constantly walking the line of substantial compliance with production obligations, especially in today’s electronic age. From failing to redact privileged or private information to failing to produce all responsive data, e-discovery production risks abound now more than ever before.

Unassisted data recovery from Kroll OntrackPublication:
KM WorldDate:
June 13, 2012Featured in KM world, this article covers the announcement that Kroll Ontrack has released Ontrack EasyRecovery 10, a do-it-yourself software tool for data recovery. The story speaks to the new, intuitive user interface for both the Mac and Windows versions and highlights the free-trial option so users can check what files can be recovered prior to purchasing the software.

Apple iOS presents forensics challenges in e-discoveryAuthor:
Evan KoblentzPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
June 8, 2012While Apple iPad and iPhone devices are an increasingly common target in legal investigations, researchers who work for e-discovery and mobile forensics tool makers have noted that important data in the newer models are difficult to access. E-Discovery Collections Manager Jason Bergerson explains that as more third-party applications integrate with core Apple software, the data that investigators can't get directly often can be reached when the device synchronizes with other products.

BYOD: The risks of bring your own deviceAuthor:
Wayne WongPublication:
Risk Management MagazineDate:
June 5, 2012In many organizations, the line between work and personal life has grown increasingly murky. Short of banning employees from accessing work files with personal equipment altogether, Kroll Ontrack Managing Consultant Wayne Wong suggests there are five things businesses must keep in mind when it comes to employees using their own mobile device in the workplace.

The challenges of data recovery from modern storage systemsAuthor:
David Logue, Robert BloomquistPublication:
(In)Secure – Help Net SecurityDate:
June 1, 2012Written by Kroll Ontrack Remote Data Recovery Engineer David Logue and Principal Data Recovery Engineer Robert Bloomquist, this article examines the various challenges associated with data recovery from a variety of the most popular storage systems today and will specifically outline what customers, data recovery providers, and storage vendors need to be aware of in the event of a data loss.

International e-discovery: Privacy and data protection across the globeAuthor:
Wayne WongPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
May 30, 2012Written by Kroll Ontrack Managing Consultant Wayne Wong, this article addresses how modern business practices, driven by an increasing number of multinational companies, are colliding with the complexity of litigation, investigations, regulation, arbitration and compliance. Developing an ironclad international legal skill set begins by building an understanding of e-discovery, privacy and data protection laws across the globe.

How to whip your enterprise archive into shape for e-discoveryAuthor:
Richard HardingPublication:
Enterprise SystemsDate:
May 28, 2012Written by Kroll Ontrack Sr. Consultant Richard Harding, this piece highlights how the promise of cost-effective data management is driving organizations toward enterprise information archives (EIA). Given the real-world issues facing enterprises, how can an enterprise prepare to be available for search and export? The best course is to attempt to manage the archive's health and understand the limitations.

Gartner: Top e-discovery vendors eclipse $1b in 2010 revenuePublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
May 25, 2012In Gartner’s analysis of e-discovery vendors, Kroll Ontrack has “moved up from the ‘niche’ [into the ‘challenger’] segment because of their product's ease-of-use and good customer service, the analysts explained.” Companies participating in the report must have had $20 million in e-discovery software revenue in 2010, own the intellectual property in their products, and have 50 production customers.

Recovering data from a damaged iPad or iPhoneAuthor:
Michael VizardPublication:
IT Business EdgeDate:
May 25, 2012While Apple devices are known for their reliability, there are still plenty of instances where they might be physically damaged, or an update to the operating system might wind up corrupting a piece of data. This article speaks to Kroll Ontrack capabilities in recovering data from Apple devices, featuring Technology Manager Troy Hegr.

Kroll Ontrack announces data recovery breakthrough on Apple devicesAuthor:
Charlotte BumsteadPublication:
Channel InsiderDate:
May 24, 2012After seeing a 350% increase in personal Apple device recovery requests over the past 12 months, Kroll Ontrack has developed technology equipped with proven recovery capabilities and a full range of tools for recovering data that is otherwise inaccessible on the Apple device’s permanent storage, including iPhones, iPads and iPod touches. Quoted within is Technology Manager Troy Hegr.

Challenging predictive coding to better defend itAuthor:
Michael RoachPublication:
Law.comDate:
May 23, 2012This piece covers highlights of LegalTech West Coast's 2012 predictive coding panel, "Under Fire: Defending and Challenging Technology-Assisted Review.” Key issues that arose included: 1) how industry and other promotional representations could negatively impact its widespread adoption, 2) potential fallout from the "computer-assisted coding" order from Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck, and 3) musings on just who should be creating the seed sets used to "predict" which documents will be responsive.

Tech Toolkit: Clean up your data storage with secure deletionAuthor:
Elizabeth MillardPublication:
Finance & CommerceDate:
May 22, 2012Secure data deletion is critical, and ensuring security goes beyond having a policy – although that is important. In reality, 75 percent of organizations that have a policy do not delete data securely, which leaves the enterprise susceptible to data breaches. Manager of Data Recovery Operations Jeff Pederson explains that for better deletion procedures and strategies, it’s vital to set up a system of regular purging, and to make sure deletion is ongoing — not just a one-time spring cleaning.

First criminal charges filed in the BP oil spill disasterAuthor:
Matthew WalschPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
May 17, 2012On April 24, 2012, the U.S. Attorney General’s office announced that Kurt Mix, a former engineer for BP, had been arrested and charged with intentionally destroying evidence, highlighting an important lesson: The failure to preserve evidence can have devastating consequences. Litigation hold notices and the duty to preserve electronic evidence are critical responsibilities for in-house counsel. It only takes a few clicks to delete the data, and now you, and potentially your company, are liable.

Fraud-busting linguistic software has growing HR applicationsPublication:
HR MagazineDate:
May 8, 2012This piece takes a look at “linguistic software” which analyzes vast amounts of electronic communications for words or phrases that suggest intent to act in certain ways. This text-mining software is used most commonly by financial firms to detect potential fraud or theft of intellectual property in their ranks. But experts say it has growing application for HR and in-house legal teams across industries. Kroll Ontrack Managing Director David Meadows provides expert commentary.

Top five enterprise data recovery mythsPublication:
Storage NewsletterDate:
May 8, 2012From concerns over cost, system complexity and data protection to resource constraints and simple misunderstandings, preconceived notions are hindering organizations from obtaining a successful data recovery and protecting their data from future loss. This piece highlights the top five data recovery myths as reported by Kroll Ontrack, the world leader in data recovery solutions.

Choosing the right e-discovery approach and infrastructureAuthor:
Wayne WongPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
May 7, 2012With the constantly evolving landscape of e-discovery service providers and software tools, organizations need to continuously engage in a strategic assessment of their e-discovery practices and DIY infrastructure needs. In the end, the goal is to efficiently conduct information and document management, meet preservation requirements and discovery deadlines, and ensure data security and chain-of-custody documentation. Written by Kroll Ontrack Managing Consultant Wayne Wong.

Document Review in 2025: e-discovery to infinity and beyondAuthor:
Kara Kirkeby and Jodi VickermanPublication:
Legal Technology InsiderDate:
May 4, 2012Document review is undergoing rapid transformation. Fifteen years ago, practitioners were reviewing boxes of paper documents in warehouses and law clerks were sifting through files stored in the firm's basement. In 2012, innovative technology is fundamentally altering the manner in which document review is conducted. Written by Kroll Ontrack Document Review Manager Kara Kirkeby and Staff Attorney Jodi Vickerman, this article ventures to envision what document review might look like in 2025.

Biggest enterprise data recovery mythsPublication:
Help Net SecurityDate:
May 2, 2012Kroll Ontrack announced the top five data recovery myths. From concerns over cost, system complexity and data protection to resource constraints and simple misunderstandings, preconceived notions are hindering organizations from obtaining a successful data recovery and protecting their data from future loss.

In-house e-discovery technology invokes the cloudAuthor:
Michele LangePublication:
Executive CounselDate:
May 1, 2012Written by Kroll Ontrack Director of Discovery Michele Lange, this article highlights the considerations for organizations and law firms as they increasingly expand their in-house technologies to include “do-it-yourself” (DIY) e-discovery. Additionally, use of cloud-based technologies to conduct discovery is growing rapidly with the excellent benefits of reducing storage costs and ensuring 24/7 global access to data.

Implementing a secure litigation hold system to avoid preservation pitfallsAuthor:
David CanfieldPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
April 24, 2012As the corporate world becomes increasingly paperless, the preservation of electronically stored information (ESI) remains a necessity for organizations involved in litigation. Given that data spoliation sanctions can be immense, the automatic or unintentional deletion of ESI associated with information technology data management is one of the most significant risks that corporations face in today’s legal environment.

First court approves computer-assisted e-discovery reviewAuthor:
Corey StephensonPublication:
Lawyers USADate:
April 12, 2012For years, technology experts and attorneys have been predicting the rise of computer-assisted coding and review for electronic discovery. Earlier this year, U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck of the Southern District of New York was the first to issue a reported opinion in support of the technology – calling it “an acceptable way to search for relevant [electronically stored information] in appropriate cases.” Quoted within is Kroll Ontrack Director of Discovery Michele Lange.

Content Management and the CloudAuthor:
Jim KimPublication:
FierceFinance.comDate:
April 1, 2012Cloud computing is becoming a staple of the modern IT environment. A recent Gartner survey of global CIOs found that nearly 40 percent of financial sector technology executives expect more than half of all core transactions will be supported via cloud infrastructure and software as a service by 2015. While compliance, financial and accounting executives have been wary, attitudes have changed, as the benefits of cloud applications and services prove too compelling to pass up.

Content Management: The Great ConvergenceAuthor:
Jim KimPublication:
FierceFinance.comDate:
April 1, 2012Content management systems exist in an increasingly complex ecosystem of enterprise software. Kroll Ontrack Managing Director David Meadows explains, “In today’s digital information age, organizations have no choice but to take a holistic approach to content management, leading with governance, so there is guidance and structure to the rule and auditing process. Otherwise they run the risk of not being able to find information if and when a legal hold or regulatory request ensues.”

Compliance in an age of mobilityAuthor:
Ericka ChickowskiPublication:
Dark ReadingDate:
March 22, 2012Mobility may be rewriting some of the rules of business today, but some sets of rules it hasn't budged are the ones written by IT regulators. As organizations get their grips on the operational and endpoint security ramifications of persistent and pervasive mobility, they also need to think about how it is changing the way users interact with and store data, and what that means for on-going compliance efforts. Featuring ESI Managing Consultant Wayne Wong.

Technology-assisted document review: Better than the alternativesAuthor:
David CanfieldPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
March 20, 2012There is an abundance of reputable commentary condoning the use of technology-assisted review. Written by ESI Managing Consultant David Canfield, this article takes a look at opinions both from the bench and ouside the court from e-discovery authorities. For the multitudes of practitioners waiting for the bench to officially “bless” the use of technology-assisted review, the wait appears to be over.

Bloomberg BNA: Under fire: A closer look at technology-assisted document reviewAuthor:
Katie WinseckPublication:
Bloomberg BNADate:
March 15, 2012Despite widespread concerns about using automated review technologies, savvy organizations and firms are quickly realizing that this technology is designed to aid a human document review—not replace legal analysis and advocacy. When properly leveraged, the cost savings are substantial and the process is defensible.

An overview of state e-discovery rulesAuthor:
David Canfield, Esq.Publication:
InsideCounselDate:
March 14, 2012When discovery first met the “e-“ that precedes it today, it fell upon trial judges nationwide to figure out how to harmonize primordial sources of electronically stored information (ESI) with traditional discovery rubrics—essentially, how to fit a round peg into a square hole. However, the landscape has adapted. Today, state and federal rulemaking bodies have formed a constellation of e-discovery frameworks that play a paramount role in civil litigation.

Kroll Ontrack has recovered 103+ Petabytes of data over the past 25 yearsAuthor:
Calvin AzuriPublication:
InfoTechDate:
March 14, 2012The connection between the growth in media storage capacity and personal use and the need for data recovery is staggering. Vice President of Data Recovery Operations Todd Johnson and Data Recovery Manager Jeff Pederson explain that over the last two decades, Kroll Ontrack has salvaged over 103 petabytes of data, 35 million GB (35 PB) in 2011 alone. The number of personal computers which were affected by data loss totaled 1.4 million in 2011 compared to 33,000 in 1987.

Bring your own data retention policy: Recommendations for employeesAuthor:
Marisa PeacockPublication:
CMS WireDate:
March 7, 2012As we enter a new Bring Your Own Device era, the line between personal and corporate data is becoming more blurred. Featuring commentary from Managing Consultant Wayne Wong, this article highlights recommendations for personal information storage on shared devices and platforms. It also references a recent White House report that includes a Consumer Bill of Rights outlining a baseline of clear protections for consumers and greater certainty for companies.

4 BYOD security strategies for small businessAuthor:
Kevin CaseyPublication:
InformationWeekDate:
March 3, 2012Following an interview with Kroll Ontrack Managing Consultant Wayne Wong, InformationWeek published an article in response to a growing phenomenon in the workplace: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). It doesn't matter whether your company actually allows employees to use their personal mobile devices for business purposes, smartphones and tablets are present. Wong outlines four interrelated recommendations for harnessing the upside of BYOD while managing associated risks.

Early Data Assessment: Setting the standard in e-discovery readinessAuthor:
David CanfieldPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
February 16, 2012Early Data Assessment (EDA) is an essential discovery readiness tool for any entity that seeks to reduce labor costs tied to document review, heighten search protocol defensibility or save time in the period prior to review and production. Kroll Ontrack ESI Consultant David Canfield explains that organizations tasked with the production of documents are able to drastically narrow immense sets of potentially relevant information into smaller, refined clusters of pertinent data.

Kroll Ontrack announces ten data recovery stories you have to see to believePublication:
eChannelLineDate:
January 17, 2012From human error to natural disaster, this annual list of real data loss situations compiled by Ontrack Data Recovery engineers from more than 30 Kroll Ontrack offices around the globe reveals data loss is often inevitable, but not necessarily permanent. This article highlights the top ten data disasters from Kroll Ontrack cases.

The top 5 e-discovery trends for 2012Author:
David CanfieldPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
January 13, 2012Law firm lawyers, corporate counsel, litigation support professionals and IT staff face a vicious cycle of looking for technology and processes to help them stay ahead of the curve. Written by Kroll Ontrack Managing Consultant David Canfield, this article takes stock of the e-discovery landscape and predicts the top trends for the New Year: FRCP amendment dialogue, social media’s impact on e-discovery, one platform for the entire (EDRM), cloud computing and technology assisted review.

Key security developments for 2012Publication:
Help Net SecurityDate:
January 11, 2012Published in Help Net Security, this article speaks to 2012 trends in data storage, including virtualization, cloud computing, social networking tools, bring-your-own devices, as well as flash and solid state disks (SSDs).

Kroll Ontrack hires new CEOAuthor:
Brendan McKennaPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
January 6, 2012This article captures the appointment of Dean Hager as President and CEO of Kroll Ontrack, a division of Altegrity based in Minneapolis. According to Altegrity CEO Sharon Rowlands, via an email interview, this change reflects "our concentration on generating new opportunities that leverage this organization's significant e-discovery capabilities."

Dean Hager appointed as President and CEO of Kroll OntrackPublication:
Legal IT ProfessionalsDate:
January 5, 2012This piece highlights the Kroll Ontrack announcement that Dean Hager has been appointed president and CEO of the company by Altegrity, Inc., the parent company of leading data and information services, risk management, employment screening and investigative services providers.

E-Discovery: The stormy nature of the cloudAuthor:
David MeadowsPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
January 5, 2012Penned by Kroll Ontrack Managing Consultant David meadows, this article tackles the challenges of cloud-based storage from a legal and discovery perspective: downloading hundreds of gigabytes of data from remote servers, performing multiple collections to ensure a complete collection, placing a legal hold on data stored in the cloud, among others.

How employing e-discovery counsel can pay dividendsAuthor:
Beth KoehlerPublication:
Legal Tech NewsletterDate:
January 1, 2012Authored by Kroll Ontrack Legal Consultant Beth Koehler, this article focuses on the benefits that come with employing a team of dedicated e-discovery counsel to work alongside a team focused exclusively on the merits of a case. Additionally the article outlines a series of tips to follow when working with e-discovery counsel to optimize outcome.

Social Media changes game in litigationPublication:
South Carolina Lawyers WeeklyDate:
January 1, 2012This piece highlights the influence that social media has brought to litigation, calling Facebook “the new smoking gun.” Senior Managing Director of Business Intelligence & Investigations for Kroll Richard Plansky states, “Social media is the greatest thing for investigations since the trench coat.” It’s an incredibly powerful tool. But it’s also a way that companies find themselves getting into trouble with the things their employees do. The technology is always out ahead of the security.”

Data loss disasters, clever recoveries from Kroll Ontrack in 2011Author:
Chris PreimesbergerPublication:
eWeekDate:
December 15, 2011This article highlights The Top 10 Data Disasters of 2011 as presented by Kroll Ontrack. Chris Preimesberger explains that the annual list is “always an interesting read” and discusses how the list of real data loss situations reveals that data loss is often inevitable, but not necessarily permanent. From human error to natural disaster, this annual list of real data loss situations compiled by Ontrack Data Recovery engineers stems from more than 30 Kroll Ontrack offices around the globe.

Just how solid are solid-state computer drives?Author:
Heather NewmanPublication:
Consumer SearchDate:
December 13, 2011This article published in Consumer Search highlights the benefits of SSD drive technology and reveals the potential for data loss remains. Citing statistics and conclusions from a 2011 Kroll Ontrack SSD/flash technology survey, the article notes that 57% of respondents had lost data using SSD/flash technology.

Kroll Ontrack sees data, guidance, pricing among 2011 EDD strugglesAuthor:
Evan KoblentzPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
December 8, 2011Law Technology News highlights several of the findings of the fourth annual Kroll Ontrack press release summarizing the prominent e-discovery cases and orders that have been issued by judges across the country. Featuring interview insights from Director of Discovery Michele Lange, the article reports that 2011 saw consensus across the legal field that software metadata should be included with traditional forms of electronically stored information, as could user activity from social networking.

Kroll e-discovery maven: 2011 rulings increasingly 'intricate'Author:
Alison FrankelPublication:
Thomson Reuters News & Insight, On the CaseDate:
December 6, 2011Responding to a Kroll Ontrack press release summarizing the prominent e-discovery cases across the country, Thompson Reuters published a discussion with Director of Discovery Michele Lange. It discusses the analysis of the 92 rulings issued since January 1, 2011 and highlights Lange’s conclusion that “we're in a new era of e-discovery jurisprudence.” Taxation of awards for e-discovery costs and the discoverability of social-network data were this year's two most notable developing issues.

How to determine if DIY e-discovery is right for youAuthor:
David MeadowsPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
December 2, 2011Kroll Ontrack Managing Consultant David Meadows discusses the findings from a 2011 DIY Discovery Trends Survey, stating that 86 percent of corporations and law firms are conducting some aspect of electronic discovery in-house. As corporations continue efforts to manage costs and control discovery, questions over in-house vs. provider-based services are many. When making these decisions, organizations need to examine staffing, infrastructure, security, and e-discovery volume and complexity.

Keeping data security in linePublication:
Database Trends and ApplicationsDate:
December 1, 2011The article appeared as a white paper in Database Trends and Applications and begins by discussing threats companies face when managing large amounts of data. After reviewing some of the unique challenges, the article goes on to cite a number of data management suggestions from experts, including Kroll Ontrack Data Recovery Product Manager Abhik Mitra and Managing Director Alan Brill.

Kroll Ontrack PowerControls 6.1 for exchange supportAuthor:
Raju ShanbhagPublication:
TMC NetDate:
November 30, 2011The article discusses the enhancements that Kroll Ontrack has made to Ontrack PowerControls 6.1 to support the latest versions of Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and other backup technologies. The article discusses the ExtractWizard, and the various backups its supports. Finally, the article calls out the findings from the Ontrack PowerControls customer survey.

Kroll Cloud-ifies eDiscoveryAuthor:
Maureen O’GaraPublication:
Cloud Computing JournalDate:
November 4, 2011This article features the launch of Verve e-discovery software as a service from Kroll Ontrack, speaking to the needs of lawyers who often subcontract discovery processing to third parties like Kroll Ontrack. In response to changing discovery trends, Verve is a subscription-based do-it-yourself e-discovery that will meet the needs of the mid-sized law firms and in-house legal departments at smaller firms. It will also give the high-powered types a more predictable leash on their costs.

Technology-assisted review: Judges, defensibility and efficiencyAuthor:
David MeadowsPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
November 4, 2011Kroll Ontrack Managing Consultant David Meadows discusses the surge in Intelligent Review Technology and delves into how IRT is capable of increasing processing speed, consistency and accuracy, and discusses the defensibility of Intelligent Categorization (iC), a component of Intelligent Review Technology. He cites studies that indicate the use of Intelligent Review Technology, including Intelligent Categorization, can save up to 50 percent on document review costs.

Corporations and their lawyers look to the cloud for DIY e-discoveryAuthor:
Shannon GreenPublication:
Corporate CounselDate:
November 3, 2011Including commentary from Kroll Ontrack Legal Technologies Director Michele Lange, this article discusses the changing needs of corporate legal teams and law firms as they bring more electronic discovery in-house. Leveraging results from a recent Kroll Ontrack survey of Fortune 1000 and mid- to large-sized law firms, it highlights most likely stages of the EDRM where attorneys may leverage a DIY solution and showcases the launch of Verve™ e-discovery software as a service by Kroll Ontrack.

Kroll Ontrack launches e-discovery cloud servicePublication:
Channel InsiderDate:
November 3, 2011Featured in Channel Insider and including commentary from Kroll Ontrack Vice President of Saas Products Ken Ewell, this article references the launch of Verve™ e-discovery software as a service by Kroll Ontrack. The pieces explains how Verve gives corporations and law firms more control of e-discovery projects without requiring upfront purchase or maintenance of infrastructure, hardware or security, as is the case with conventional e-discovery software packages.

Kroll Ontrack unveils do-it-yourself e-discovery cloud servicePublication:
The Wall Street JournalDate:
November 3, 2011The Wall Street Journal announces the launch of Verve e-discovery software as a service by Kroll Ontrack, a solution that allows users to upload data, select processing criteria, conduct early data assessment and review, and manage production in a Web-based interface.

E-discovery offerings aiming for simplicityAuthor:
Evan KoblentzPublication:
Law.comDate:
November 2, 2011This piece addresses e-discovery companies that announced new services and software focused on simplifying the customer experience. Specifically, it showcases Verve™ e-discovery software as a service from Kroll Ontrack, highlighting how Verve allows customers to upload data, select processing criteria, conduct their own review, and download the processed results with no up-front investment in hardware, IT training or staffing for installation or maintenance, and no maintenance or upgrade fees.

Firms, corporations at odds on who calls e-discovery shots but they still share the desire to do more e-discovery work themselvesAuthor:
Gina PassarellaPublication:
Legal IntelligencerDate:
November 2, 2011This article highlights the results of a Kroll Ontrack survey of Fortune 1000 companies and medium- to large-sized law firms, noting the movement within companies and law firms to conduct at least some aspect of discovery in-house. While document review is listed as the most popular in-house EDRM process, Kroll Ontrack Director of Discovery Product Management Michele Lange notes that the collecting, filtering and early data assessment are also being done on their own.

Kroll Ontrack offers e-discovery SaaS option for companies, law firmsAuthor:
Robert MullinsPublication:
Network ComputingDate:
November 2, 2011This article highlights Verve e-discovery software as a service, recently launched by Kroll Ontrack. It highlights the benefits that come with a DIY solution backed by Kroll Ontrack, namely the ability to upload data, select processing criteria, conduct early data assessment (EDA) and review, and manage production in an intuitive, web-based interface without requiring upfront purchase or maintenance of infrastructure, hardware or security.

Kroll Ontrack unveils do-it-yourself e-discovery cloud serviceAuthor:
Chris PreimesbergerPublication:
eWeekDate:
November 2, 2011Featured in eWeek and including commentary from Kroll Ontrack Vice President of Saas Products Ken Ewell, this article references the launch of Verve™ e-discovery software as a service by Kroll Ontrack. The pieces explains how Verve gives corporations and law firms more control of e-discovery projects without requiring upfront purchase or maintenance of infrastructure, hardware or security, as is the case with conventional e-discovery software packages.

Virtualized environments causing data loss for businessesAuthor:
Nathan EddyPublication:
Channel InsiderDate:
October 31, 2011Channel Insider discusses the results of a Kroll Ontrack data loss survey taken at VMworld 2011 conference for virtualization and cloud computing. The report shows 65 percent of responders had data loss from a virtual environment and speaks to the most common causes of data loss in virtualized environments, including file system corruption, deleted virtual machines, internal virtual disk corruption, RAID and other hardware failures.

SSD technology making inroads with SMBsAuthor:
Alan EarlsPublication:
SearchSMBStorage.comDate:
October 28, 2011SearchSMBStorage.com (TechTarget) cites statistics from a recent Kroll Ontrack SSD survey showing that nearly 70 percent of respondents use solid-state or flash technology, or at least have plans to implement the technology in the near future. The article discusses that about 75 percent of respondents indicated they believed SSD technology delivered higher performance than spinning disk drives. Respondents also reported a perception that solid-state is a safer medium to protect against data loss and that it consumes less power and is therefore more environmentally friendly.

The hidden data loss dangers of virtualizationAuthor:
Mike VizardPublication:
CTO EdgeDate:
October 12, 2011As the amount of contention for shared storage resources increases, the probability that one virtual machine is going to write data to the same space on a disk as another virtual machine starts to increase, leading to data loss. Manager of Data Recovery operations Jeff Pederson highlights how many IT organizations don’t know recovery tools for virtual environments exist, and when they can’t recover a critical piece of business data, virtualization and cloud computing initiatives get a bad rap.

Mind the Gap: Innovative efforts to improve the e-discovery processAuthor:
Jonathan Sachs and Ben KirkPublication:
Legal Tech NewsletterDate:
October 10, 2011Published in Legal Tech Newsletter, this article recognizes the challenges faced by the legal community in regards to e-discovery and presents the unique and innovative means by which the Western District of Pennsylvania is tackling these challenges. Featuring Manager of Legal Technologies Jonathan and Staff Attorney Benjamin Kirk provide a detailed account of the court’s program and examine some innovative solutions.

The road less traveled: A look at e-discovery certification and training programsAuthor:
Sally A. Kane, Esq.Publication:
Litigation Support TodayDate:
October 10, 2011E-discovery certification programs provide documentation of a professional’s knowledge of and commitment to the profession. A variety of training and certification options are listed. The article also discusses the certification courses offered by Kroll Ontrack, with commentary from Kroll Ontrack Managing Attorney Kelly Kubacki.

Two thirds of organizations have frequent data loss from virtual environmentsAuthor:
Mark CoxPublication:
eChannelLineDate:
October 10, 2011This article in eChannelLine references a survey of IT professionals conducted by Kroll Ontrack which reports that 65% of organizations frequently experienced data loss from a virtual environment, representing a 140% increase in virtual data loss when compared to last year's survey. Implications of data loss in virtual environments can be immense, and virtualization contracts often claim no liability for data loss.

Time for a change?Author:
David MeadowsPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
October 5, 2011Six years after the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) were first amended to address electronic discovery, another round of amendments is now under consideration. Questions regarding contentious, complex and multifaceted issues such as the duty to preserve, Rule 37 sanctions and technology’s role are among the primary challenges up for discussion. Written by Managing Director David Meadows, this article provides a look at the complexities and questions under consideration based on historical and future assessments of the e-discovery arena.

Solving the e-discovery morass, one idea at a timeAuthor:
Gina PassarellaPublication:
The Legal IntelligencerDate:
September 13, 2011Highlights opinions from defense and plaintiff attorneys on the affect of potential changes to the FRCP, and suggests steps for improving the discovery process, including computer-assisted review and pre-discovery data mapping. Leveraging the expertise of Director of Legal Technologies Michele Lange and Managing Director of Discovery Consulting David Meadows, it reviews ideas for improving e-discovery and notes how potential FRCP amendments may affect the use of technology during discovery.

Data can be saved from your water-soaked computerAuthor:
Steve BrierPublication:
BetanewsDate:
September 6, 2011This article published in Betanews captures best practices to give organizations and individuals the best possible chance for recovery from water-soaked media, including hard drives, floppy disks & tapes, CDs & DVDs as well as flash drives. In response to Hurricane Irene, the article highlights Kroll Ontrack’s response to the disaster including free data recovery evaluation and discounted data recovery services for Hurricane Irene data casualties.

Media and video game consoles: Discovery just became more complicatedAuthor:
David Meadows and Kelly D. KubackiPublication:
Digital Discovery and E-EvidenceDate:
September 1, 2011Kroll Ontrack Managing Director David Meadows and Managing Staff Attorney Kelly Kubacki address the changing social media landscape and encourage organizations to consider its impact on their regulatory obligations, discovery, and data security. Courts are increasingly demanding the full production of social media as part of discovery. The authors encourage organizations to create, implement, and enforce policy that addresses what is, and is not, acceptable social media use by employees.

The coming data crisisAuthor:
Mike VizardPublication:
CTO EdgeDate:
August 24, 2011CTO Edge blogger Mike Vizard discusses his interview with Jeff Pederson on the most common ways organizations lose their data and, in fact, how organizations often neglect to take data protection advice seriously until a data loss occurs. With the rising use of cloud storage, virtualization and Big Data, organizations are being forced to take a more active approach with archiving and backup. The Kroll Ontrack Top 10 Ways to Lose Your Data slideshow is also included in this posting.

The impact of developing technology on litigation discoveryAuthor:
Catrice Robinson and Ron BestPublication:
Los Angeles Daily JournalDate:
August 23, 2011Discusses the evolving social media landscape and the growing impact on discovery and litigation, particularly the use of Google+, Xbox Kinect and Xbox Live. While case law is beginning to surface, the question remains as to what information is considered public or private, and how those designations will be carried through in a court of law. Companies should continuously review their information management and storage policies to address changing social media and evolving technologies.

Justice department in ‘full-court press’ to tackle e-discoveryAuthor:
Channing TurnerPublication:
MainJustice.comDate:
August 19, 2011This article speaks to the challenges faced by government agencies, the DOJ in particular, when it comes to e-discovery. The government has made large-scale investments to improve the competency gap and develop tech-savvy teams to handle e-discovery. Quoted within is Director of Discovery Project Management for Kroll Ontrack Michele Lange, who identifies the ambiguity of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the gap between technology advancements and rule-making as particularly problematic.

E-Discovery: 9 points impacting discovery costsManaging different rules among the 50 states means managing different risksAuthor:
Steven HunterPublication:
Inside CounselDate:
August 17, 2011This article notes trends in how states address e-discovery and the management of ESI for litigation, specifically how those trends impact costs. Although each state has a different approach, there are a few trends surrounding discretionary cost-shifting, the meet and confer, safe harbor and sanctions worth noting. The article notes that “in addition to local counsel, good resources to check on current state court discovery rules and decisions are maintained by Kroll Ontrack.”

Kroll Ontrack announces First Responder Program for data loss prevention educationAuthor:
Mark CoxPublication:
eChannelLineDate:
August 10, 2011Highlights the launch of the First Responder Program, a free educational experience by Kroll Ontrack that empowers organizations to better manage their digital information. Available via 20-minute Webinars or onsite, the program covers timely ILM topics like data loss, hardware failures, virtualization/VMware, RAID, data erasure, SSD and cloud computing. Also features commentary from Product Manager of Data Recovery Abhik Mitra and Vice President of Data Recovery Operations Todd Johnson.

Four channel considerations for Microsoft Exchange migrationsAuthor:
Ericka ChickowskiPublication:
Channel InsiderDate:
August 1, 2011This article highlights best practices for migrating to Microsoft Exchange 2010 based on the author’s briefing with Jim Reinert, vice president of data recovery product development for Kroll Ontrack. While Microsoft has done a decent job providing seamless transition through its Migration Wizard tool, there are nevertheless limitations which may encourage IT administrators to consider third-party tools. Reinert provides guidance on the capabilities that exist outside of Microsoft’s tool.

Justice for all: Reforming e-discoveryAuthor:
Dan KaplanPublication:
SC MagazineDate:
July 19, 2011Highlights the Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program started in 2009 by Chief Judge James Holderman with the goal of helping judges and committee members get up to speed on the latest in technology. Kroll Ontrack Senior Legal Consultant Jennifer Freeman is co-chairwoman of the subcommittee formed last fall and agrees that there are clear benefits to ensuring all parties are not only speaking the same language, but have an understanding of standard technology practices.

10 hard truths IT must learn to acceptAuthor:
Dan TynanPublication:
InfoWorldDate:
July 18, 2011This article examines the ten truths that IT departments need to handle in a proactive and realistic manner. These concessions include the surge of iPhone usage, the inevitability of downtime and network breaches, the increased use of social media, and more. Kroll Ontrack data recovery product manager Abhik Mitra discusses how cloud data storage is not without its challenges; data loss can still happen in the cloud, and businesses need to work with their vendors to plan for potential downtime.

Early case assessment is defensible, strategic and smartAuthor:
Christopher Wall, Esq. and Lisa Spinelli, Esq.Publication:
Executive CounselDate:
July 1, 2011Kroll Ontrack Manager of Legal Technologies Consulting Chris Wall and Client Relationship Manager Lisa Spinelli speak to the clear benefits that come with Early Case Assessment (ECA). The article initially sheds light on the complexity of e-discovery and information management in general, then defines ECA and outlines how using an ECA tool can be instrumental in getting an early view into potentially or likely relevant documents and to identify what custodians are likely to be involved.

Los Alamos shuts down supercomputers as fire advancesAuthor:
Pat ThibodeauPublication:
PCWorldDate:
June 29, 2011Published in PCWorld, this article discusses the recent surge of wildfires, and how the smoke from these fires affects data centers and IT equipment. Featured within the article is Manager of Data Recovery Operations Jeff Pederson who explains that threat of smoke-related issues is more prevalent in small businesses that aren't running traditional data centers with monitoring equipment. Smoke can get into hard drives and cause a shutdown of IT equipment.

Will Wal-Mart legal decision impact managed service providers?Author:
John MoorePublication:
MSP MentorDate:
June 28, 2011Discusses the impact of the Wal-Mart decision on managed service providers, with comments from Director of Discovery Product Management Michele Lange. Some believe that the Supreme Court’s decision to toss out the suit could reverberate into other class actions. Whatever the outcome, legal departments should be prepared in case their e-discovery workload increases. Lange suggests leveraging technology to deal with the increased volume of data and manage document sets across multiple cases.

Use Ontrack to restore lost dataAuthor:
Lance WhitneyPublication:
TMCNetDate:
June 2, 2011This article discusses how data loss and hard drive crashes are still an inevitable part of IT. Kroll Ontrack offers a variety of options for data recovery and to recover lost or corrupt data from Oracle databases. Manager of Data Recovery Operations Jeff Pederson highlights how Kroll Ontrack recovers data from a variety of Oracle data loss scenarios. These new additions ensure that critical information essential for business continuity is safe and can be recovered if a data loss were to occur.

Redirection to the rescue – I/O tools boost virtualization projectsAuthor:
Beth PariseauPublication:
SearchServerVirtualization:Date:
May 31, 2011Pariseau discusses how data storage and backup are often the most expensive and complex parts of server virtualization. Many companies are turning to I/O redirection and optimization technologies. She discusses how Paradise Tomato Kitchens, Inc. used Actifio and Kroll Ontrack to replace its virtual and physical backup and replication tools. She highlights how Ontrack PowerControls allows for the restoration of items to Exchange and SharePoint servers without requiring separate recovery space.

Kroll Ontrack: Data recovery and information security in the cloudAuthor:
Dan KusnetzkyPublication:
ZDNet Virtually SpeakingDate:
May 26, 2011In this blog entry posted in ZDNet’s Virtually Speaking, Kroll Ontrack Data Recovery Product Manager Abhik Mitra discusses data recovery and information security in the cloud following the Amazon.com crash. The article highlights how important it is for organization to have a well-defined backup and recovery strategy to ensure information and data are available and accessible for possible discovery requests.

Kroll Migrating to Exchange 2010 and more with Ontrack PowerControls 6.1Author:
George CrumpPublication:
Storage Switzerland:Date:
May 25, 2011The article discusses different migration scenarios to consider when moving to Microsoft Exchange 2010 and provides a number of best practices to follow. George Crump highlights Ontrack® PowerControls 6.1 and positions it as a valuable tool for any Exchange migration regardless of the scenario.

Better understanding electronically stored informationAuthor:
Robyn WeismanPublication:
ProcessorDate:
May 20, 2011Based on an interview with Managing Consultant Dave Canfield of Kroll Ontrack, this article defines electronically stored information (ESI) as anything that is digitally stored and potentially discoverable, and describes how to put an effective information governance plan in place. Canfield outlines how organizations would be best served by defining what information should be stored and considering an archiving solution as a effective and cost-saving means to access needed information.

Healthy, wealthy & wise: A paradigm shift toward early data assessmentAuthor:
David Yerich and Gina AndersPublication:
ACC DocketDate:
May 20, 2011Co-written by Kroll Ontrack client relationship manager Gina Anders, this article discussed the ins and outs of early case assessment (ECA) and explains the benefits that come with implementing it before a case has been filed. The article delves into different techniques that legal professionals follow when executing ECA. Anders further discusses the nuances of early data assessment (EDA), explaining how it plays into ECA and outlining the benefits that come with using it.

A whole new world: Best practices for navigating e-discoveryAuthor:
Lin Grensing-PophalPublication:
EContentDate:
May 11, 2011Lin Grensing-Pophal discusses how information is transitioning from print to electronic. Organizations need to look at their litigation profile to develop best practices for managing data. Staff Attorney Kelly Kubacki states that it is important to manage data in a way that contemplates a data request, which means creating and maintaining records management protocols that systematically retain data necessary for legal and business purposes and actually disposing of the rest of the unneeded data.

Reduce data backup loadsAuthor:
Christian PerryPublication:
ProcessorDate:
May 6, 2011Perry discusses the importance of reducing data backup loads to salvage organization resources and budget. By reducing backup loads, data can be backed up in the small available window of time, and also allows for flexibility of upgrades and maintenance. Data Recovery Operations Manager Jeff Pederson notes that the reduction of data backup loads benefits several areas of the business, the most significant of which is the reduction in IT administrator support time as data volume is decreased.

Understanding compliance time, needsAuthor:
Elizabeth MillardPublication:
ProcessorDate:
May 6, 2011Millard discusses the never-ending procedures of compliance, and how it can often be a timely process depending on which regulatory issues are involved and if organizations have centralized IT resources. John Connell, managing consultant with the ESI Consulting Group at Kroll Ontrack, suggests that organizations develop a repeatable, defensible process to become more time-efficient. Organizations have also implemented archives or searchable repositories for data subject to regulatory scrutiny.

Keeping up with evolving e-discoveryAuthor:
Ashley Trent and Kayleigh RobertsPublication:
Inside CounselDate:
May 1, 2011Trent and Roberts discuss how legal departments are struggling to maintain effective and affordable e-discovery procedures. Because of higher costs, legal departments have chosen to bring discovery in-house. Director of Discovery Product Management Michele Lange suggests that do-it-yourself e-discovery software solution decisions be made between the legal and IT departments in consideration of company needs, involvement of other business units, size of the legal department and litigation needs.

Legal technology tools to modernize your officeAuthor:
Melissa MeleskePublication:
Inside CounselDate:
May 1, 2011Economic pressure and increased costs have caused legal departments to bring e-discovery in-house and revamp procedures. Director of Discovery Product Management Michele Lange tells how IT and legal departments must work in tandem. Technology vendors have seen increased interest in their products, as companies realize that investing now can help them save later. Beyond software for discovery and review, cloud-based and SaaS technologies can help small and budget-constrained legal departments.

Plenty of amazon outage blame to go aroundAuthor:
Mike VizardPublication:
CTO EdgeDate:
April 26, 2011Vizard discusses the recent Amazon.com crash, particularly the impact on organizations relying heavily on Amazon’s public cloud computing service. Abhik Mitra, Data Recovery product manager, discusses how a growing issue with public cloud computing service is that users assume that the availability is guaranteed. However, taking a closer look at Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) demonstrate otherwise.

Data breach at Epsilon underscores key cyber riskAuthor:
Judy GreenwaldPublication:
California Lawyer April 11, 2011Date:
April 11, 2011In this article, reporter Judy Greenwald discusses the recent Epsilon Data Management data breach, a case in which hackers were able to obtain names and e-mail addresses of customers from various businesses. Featuring commentary from Senior Managing Director of Computer Forensics Alan Brill, the article highlights the dangers of a data breach as well as steps to mitigate risk and making sure an organization’s security and risk management program is up-to-date.

Security concerns with used equipmentAuthor:
Dan HeilmanPublication:
Processor April 8, 2011Date:
April 8, 2011Published in Processor magazine on the topic of security concerns when buying and selling used IT equipment, this article outlines the risks associated with buying pre-owned equipment and discusses how both buyers and sellers can sidestep security issues. Ontrack Data Recovery Operations Manager Jeff Pederson is quoted, noting that private company data on used machines can be wiped via software packages or degaussing.

Kroll Ontrack launches Ontrack InviewAuthor:
StaffPublication:
Compliance WeekDate:
March 23, 2011Published in Compliance Week, this article discusses the release of Ontrack Inview 7.0 and how the interface was upgraded as a result of input from experienced reviewers in global Kroll Ontrack document review facilities. The article explains how the tool, along with Intelligent Review Technology, can speed up the document review process and minimize costs.

New Kroll Ontrack Inview 7.0 continues a trendAuthor:
Sean DohertyPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
March 23, 2011Law Technology News editor Sean Doherty highlights the launch of Ontrack Inview 7.0 in the article, discussing the new features that were added in the upgrade as well as the rationale for lawyers to use Intelligent Review Technology.

VARs help tame customers' data recovery painAuthor:
John MoorePublication:
SearchITChannel.comDate:
March 22, 2011This article focuses on value-added resellers in data recovery that offer partner programs, including Kroll Ontrack. It notes that resellers often seek the help of specialists when cases become complex. Moore discusses how StarSurplus.com, a Kroll Ontrack partner, sends tough data recovery cases to Kroll Ontrack. Data Recovery Partnership Channel Manager Ken Gibson states that Kroll Ontrack rewards partners for referring business and provides vendors the opportunity to sell backup technologies.

Kroll Ontrack PowerControls revs up for SharePoint 2010Author:
Sean DohertyPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
March 18, 2011Law Technology News Editor Sean Doherty featured Ontrack PowerControls version 6.1 in this article, which discusses the software product's key features, including its support for the Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint environments.

New Jersey agencies fail to purge confidential data from discarded computersAuthor:
Fahmida RashidPublication:
eWeekDate:
March 10, 2011This article focuses on an incident in New Jersey where confidential information was found on state agency computers prepared for sale. With 79% of the computers containing confidential information, such as child abuse reports and Social Security numbers, the security risks to the affective individuals and state agencies were high. Highlighted in the article are the results of the Kroll Ontrack Data Wiping Survey, which found that 75% of the 1,500 businesses surveyed do not delete data securely.

GRC roll-up: OpenLogic assesses mobile software compliance, data breaches really hurtAuthor:
David RoePublication:
CMSWire Date:
March 9, 2011CMSWire reporter David Roe writes about the opening of the Kroll Ontrack Document Review Facility in Dallas in this GRC roll-up article. Roe notes that the new review center will help Kroll Ontrack clients "cut their document review costs by as much as 50 percent by eliminating the time associated with contracting an additional third party and the errors commonly associated with transitioning review data."

UCSD report finds issues with wiping data on SSDsAuthor:
Rafael RuffoloPublication:
ITWorldCanadaDate:
March 8, 2011Ontrack Data Recovery Canada Operations Manager John Riddell is featured in this article, which examines the effectiveness of various data wiping practices. Citing input from Riddell as well as statistics published by the University of California San Diego, the article points out that several data wiping practices prove ineffective. Riddell notes that the issue is many organizations "do not have proper policies in place when they are getting rid of hardware, including storage systems."

Guest column: Is your tape a ticking time bomb?Author:
Jeff Pederson and Jim ReinertPublication:
Data Storage ConnectionsDate:
March 1, 2011This article discusses various information management strategies related to data stored on tape and the potential risks of being reactive when it comes to managing data crises. Ontrack Data Recovery Operations Manager Jeff Pederson and Vice President of Product Development Jim Reinert suggest a number of steps that
companies can take to ensure the safety of their data, suggesting that organizations adopt defined information management strategies before a data disaster happens.

Putting ESI on the MapAuthor:
Carrie MallenPublication:
California Lawyer March 1, 2011Date:
March 1, 2011Referencing the Kroll Ontrack Fourth Annual ESI Trends Survey, this article discusses the idea that companies can avoid the high cost of data disasters if they have a data map in place. However, more than half of 203 IT and legal professionals surveyed said that they did not have a data map, according to the survey. Also discussed are the key strategies to keep in mind when drafting a data map and the payoffs companies will see as a result.

On track! Kroll Ontrack rolls out data recovery certificationAuthor:
Christopher RogersPublication:
CRN CanadaDate:
February 28, 2011In this article, reporter Christopher Rogers discusses specifics of the new Ontrack Data Recovery Partner Program, including the number of partners Kroll Ontrack has in Canada as well as the number of partners that have been certified since the launch in December 2010. Kroll Ontrack Canada Head of Operations John Riddell highlights the fact that the program provides partners with the tools and education to sell data recovery services more confidently and with ease.

'Low impact' breaches can signal more badness to comeAuthor:
Ericka ChickowskiPublication:
DarkReading.comDate:
February 25, 2011This article focuses on data breach scenarios in which personally identifiable information (PII) is not lost, but causes negative consequences. Kroll Sr. Managing Director of Secure Information Services notes that “data breach” has become synonymous with the loss of PII when in reality a high percentage involve financial fraud or sensitive corporate information. He states that any form of data breach can be devastating to an organization, with significant reputational and financial implications.

Kroll Ontrack "certifies" 1,000 firms--50 locally--with podcasts on data recovery, destructionAuthor:
Jeremy StrattonPublication:
The Line Date:
February 23, 2011This article discusses the Ontrack Data Recovery Partner Program’s new focus on certifying smaller IT equipment and services providers in order to better service small- and medium-sized businesses and home users. Ontrack Data Recovery Partnership Channel Manager Ken Gibson highlights the fact that not only is the program designed to improve new partners’ handling of data recovery needs, but it also helps them ramp up existing services in an attempt to differentiate themselves from competitors.

Why electronic records could cost a CIO his or her jobAuthor:
Toni BowersPublication:
Tech Republic Date:
February 17, 2011This article, featuring a quote from David Canfield, managing consultant of the Kroll Ontrack Electronically Stored Information Consulting Group, discusses the importance of data storage practices for CIOs, who often don’t realize the implications of not properly backing up data until they are in the middle of a lawsuit. The article suggests they communicate more with legal to ensure they understand IT and budget constraints, as well as stay in touch with IT to review data storage practices.

Kroll Ontrack enhances education in new data recovery programAuthor:
Mark CoxPublication:
eChannelLineDate:
February 16, 2011Ontrack Data Recovery Partnership Channel Manager Ken Gibson was interviewed for this feature article on the launch of the new Ontrack Data Recovery Partner Program. Gibson explains in the piece that the goal of the program is to educate and teach partners the most effective ways to present and sell data recovery services. He also discuss the training courses available to educate new partners on core data recovery topics and allow existing partners to be effective in their operations.

Prepare data for long-term archivalAuthor:
Holly DolezalekPublication:
ProcessorDate:
February 11, 2011In this article, reporter Holly Dolezalek offers companies a number of suggestions with regard to migrating data to a low-cost, long-term data archive. Kroll Ontrack Director of Archiving Tom McCaffrey is featured, advising that companies should include various stakeholders when deciding what to keep and what to destroy.

LegalTech 2011 DetoxAuthor:
Katey WoodPublication:
Enterprise Strategy Group Date:
February 4, 2011Katey Wood of Enterprise Strategy Group posted a recap of LegalTech New York 2011, discussing the various product and service launches, as well as the major trends at the show, including cloud-based solutions, self-service improvements, fixed rate managed review, process management and concept search. This blog post includes Ontrack Guardian and Ontrack Inview 6.5 with Intelligent Categorization in its wrap-up of the cloud-based and concept search solutions.

LegalTech New York 2011 wrap-up: Products, trends, and moreAuthor:
Sean DohertyPublication:
Law.com – Law Technology NewsDate:
February 4, 2011Editor Sean Doherty provides a wrap-up of LegalTech New York 2011 in this article, highlighting the new e-discovery, compliance and practice management products and technologies announced at the annual tradeshow. Also highlighted is Kroll Ontrack’s launch of Ontrack Inview 6.5 with addition of intelligent categorization to complete the Intelligent Review Technology (IRT) suite.

Drowning in dataAuthor:
Luigi BenettonPublication:
Lawyers Weekly CanadaDate:
January 28, 2011This article focuses on the difficulty individuals and organizations face in the discovery process, citing the increase in searchable documents as the root of the problem and discussing what courts are doing to address these challenges. Cindy Ringer, Esq., client relationship manager for Kroll Ontrack, provides input and references new rules designed to promote the use of proportionality, put forth by the Ontario Bar Association.

Data storage: Know what to keep - and what to tossAuthor:
Elizabeth MillardPublication:
Finance & Commerce Date:
January 24, 2011This article discusses how many small businesses keep all of their data for as long as possible, which can become costly. Best data storage practices, including developing a policy to determine what should and should not be stored, are highlighted and Kroll Ontrack Manager of Data Recovery Operations Jeff Pederson is quoted suggesting that companies have a plan in place for data deletion, and use software tools available to help maintain their storage and deletion policies.

Smart phones create new security threats for HRAuthor:
Dave ZielinskiPublication:
HR MagazineDate:
January 21, 2011Published in HR Magazine, this piece discusses the increasing trend of HR professionals using smart phones to access servers and carry out essential job functions remotely, and also examines the security issues that arise as a result. Kroll Ontrack Senior Managing Director of Computer Forensics Alan Brill underscores the speed at which this trend has occurred, noting “new smart phones are being built and distributed faster than security software can be created to keep up with them.”

Data deletion processes & standardsAuthor:
Elizabeth MillardPublication:
ProcessorDate:
January 14, 2011Elizabeth Millard discusses the results of a Kroll Ontrack data wiping survey revealing poor data deletion practices from a large percentage of organizations surveyed. In an effort to save costs, many organizations repurpose machines when employees leave the company, which can be problematic should that ex-employee be involved in a litigation and their data need to be accessible, or if sensitive data not wiped from the drive be passed on to a new employee.

Report: E-discovery opinions show judges getting tougherAuthor:
Jerry CrimminsPublication:
Chicago Daily Law BulletinDate:
January 11, 2011Referencing the 2010 Kroll Ontrack Year in Review Report, Crimmins discusses key opinions and themes coming from the courts in 2010 related to discovery. He reports continued intolerance by the judiciary for discovery failures, the renewed call for cooperation among counsel, and the continuing struggles organizations are having with proper preservation. Further, citing the Kroll Ontrack report, Crimmins highlights judicial opinions through case law cited for each theme.

Document protection is vital to a company's successAuthor:
Kelly Kubacki and Neil VachhaniPublication:
Minnesota LawyerDate:
December 31, 2010Kubacki and Vachhani discuss the critical need for organizations to establish and implement sound policies and procedures to optimize the storage and management of electronic data for litigation, investigations and regulatory matters. They speak to the need for organizations to adopt a data retention/destruction policy as well as a discovery strategy that are clear, practiced, understood, enforced and routinely updated.

Kroll Ontrack Compass points out ESI for EDDAuthor:
John WatersPublication:
Law.comDate:
December 27, 2010Waters highlights the unique features of Ontrack® Compass™ arching solution, noting how the solution was specifically designed with legal and compliance teams in mind and their need to proactively manage information for litigation, investigations and regulatory requirements. He sheds light on several key features of Ontrack Compass archiving solution, including record retention, compliance management, litigation hold, search capabilities and the support of long-term storage/management of ESI.

Data storage: Kroll Ontrack's top 10 data storage disasters of 2010Author:
Chris PreimesbergerPublication:
eWeekDate:
December 20, 2010In this slideshow, Chris Preimesberger showcases Kroll Ontrack’s Top 10 Data Disasters of 2010 and quotes Vice President of Operations Todd Johnson saying that while the causes of data loss can vary, it is important to use a data recovery provider with the right tools and experience to help recover lost data.

8 funny data disasters of 2010Author:
Jennifer LawinskiPublication:
BaselineDate:
December 17, 2010In this slideshow, Jennifer Lawinski showcases eight of Kroll Ontrack’s Top 10 Data Disasters for 2010 and quotes Vice President of Operations Todd Johnson saying that while the causes of data loss can vary, it is important to use a data recovery provider with the right tools and experience to help recover lost data.

Streamline e-mail storageAuthor:
Elizabeth MillardPublication:
ProcessorDate:
December 17, 2010Millard discusses how e-mail has moved from a communication tool to a one now used for governance, regulatory compliance, and e-discovery practices. Successful e-mail archiving now requires business intelligence and policy development. Millard suggests running a pilot project and developing a support team when implementing an e-mail archive system. She specifically cites tips from Tom McCaffrey, who recommends the use of an enterprise information archiving technology to improve e-mail storage.

Weak PC disposal processes hurt securityAuthor:
Brian PrincePublication:
eWeekDate:
December 16, 2010The article focuses on the recent data breach at NASA, citing it as yet another example of how companies are unprepared to handle data wiping challenges. Prince goes on to explain why data wiping is such a challenge for most organizations, using input from Kroll Ontrack Vice President of Operations Todd Johnson and also citing statistics from Kroll Ontrack’s recent data wiping survey.

Always conduct diligent, responsible discovery Author:
Keith Mobley and Kelly Kubacki Publication:
The Business Journal Serving The Greater Triad AreaDate:
December 1, 2010This article focuses on the recent ruling from Judge Paul W. Grimm regarding Victor Stanley II, and discusses the specifics of the case and also the implications that the ruling will have on the greater business community. Authored by Keith Mobley and Kelly Kubacki, the article suggests that companies follow the requirements of the "toughest court" when implementing their ESI policies, and goes on to outline what those requirements are.

E-discovery: Saving by not savingAuthor:
Carrie MallenPublication:
California LawyerDate:
December 1, 2010Mallen discusses the results of Kroll Ontrack’s Fourth Annual ESI Trends Survey. She explains e-discovery is costly and poses legal risks due to organizations storing large amounts of data. She offers four steps to help curb expenses and risks - embrace new technology to identify problems and reduce risks; assemble an ESI taskforce for discovery requests; create a data map to identify sources of ESI; and gather executive support to help enforce ESI policies and implement a discovery program.

Electronic discovery’s impact: Policies, technology and securityAuthor:
John Connell and Jason StraightPublication:
Legal Tech NewsletterDate:
December 1, 2010This article highlights findings from the 2010 ESI Trends Survey, noting that the past decade of high activity and change in the area of ESI discovery has had a “maturing effect” on companies with respect to preparedness and policy enactment. Organizations now see the value of managing ESI, but find it difficult to justify expenditures for preventative measures. But because the costs are quantifiable and predictable, investing up front to mitigate risks is a smart strategy for any organization.

Work smarter, not harder Author:
Regina Jytyla Publication:
Chicago Lawyer Date:
December 1, 2010In this article, Regina Jytyla, managing staff attorney at Kroll Ontrack, discusses the discovery challenges that organizations face today, particularly with document review. These include extremely high costs, the challenge of meeting deadlines, as well as conducting efficient reviews. In order to combat these challenges, Jytyla recommends Intelligent Review Technology (IRT) to help increase speed, consistency and accuracy in document review.

TCB People: Kristin Nimsger Author:
Michael Lotti Publication:
Twin Cities Business Date:
November 30, 2010Kristen Nimsger, president of Kroll Ontrack, is profiled in the Twin Cities Business People section of Twin Cities Business. In this article, Kroll Ontrack’s work in both the legal technologies and data recovery industries are highlighted, along with Nimsger’s experience and expertise.

The need for the legal department to get schooled on technologyAuthor:
Regina JytylaPublication:
Digital Discovery and e-EvidenceDate:
November 25, 2010In this byline, Regina Jytyla discusses Kroll Ontrack’s Fourth Annual ESI Trends Survey and how corporate lawyers are falling behind IT in preparing for and responding to discovery requests. Jytyla offers tips on how in-house counsel can become more prepared for discovery issues that once solely concerned IT and believes that attorneys must seek guidance from IT as well as outside sources to assess needs and identify gaps in preparing for discovery.

Sensitive data not being erased: surveyAuthor:
Mark Cox Publication:
EChannelLine USA Date:
November 22, 2010In this article, reporter Mark Cox discusses the results of the recent data wiping survey, highlighting that more than half the companies surveyed do not erase data. Cox quotes Jim Reinert, vice president of product development, saying that due to data wiping practices, most organizations are extremely susceptible to data breaches and are unaware of how to securely erase their data.

Half of all businesses never erase sensitive dataAuthor:
Chris PreimesbergerPublication:
eWeekDate:
November 18, 2010Highlighting findings from the Kroll Ontrack Global Data Loss Causes Survey, this article explains that of the 49 percent of businesses that systematically deploy some sort of policied data erasure, 75 percent do not delete data securely. The article goes on to state that several researchers have reported in recent years that breaches of this kind can cost enterprises millions of dollars in system repairs, litigation and lost IP.

Social media: E-discovery concernsAuthor:
Elizabeth MillardPublication:
ProcessorDate:
November 18, 2010This article discusses a recent survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit for Deloitte Forensic Center, which found that roughly two-thirds of respondents surveyed expressed concern about e-discovery challenges posed by online social media forms. Regina Jytyla was quoted, noting that companies have to proactively and systematically update record management protocols to incorporate emerging technologies such as text and instant messaging.

Data breaches still too commonAuthor:
Valerie ValentinePublication:
Information ManagementDate:
November 17, 2010Kroll Ontrack Manager of Data Recovery Operations Jeff Pederson is quoted in this mention of the Kroll Ontrack Global Data Wiping Survey, noting that many companies are not following through on security policies and ensuring that drives leaving their facilities do not have company private or client information on them. Furthermore, the article highlights the fact that many businesses are not erasing sensitive information before disposing of hardware.

Most companies don’t erase sensitive data, risking breachesAuthor:
Melissa Klein-AguilarPublication:
Compliance WeekDate:
November 16, 2010In this article, author Melissa Klein-Aguilar highlights the results of the Kroll Ontrack Global Data Wiping Survey, which found that only 49 percent of respondents say their businesses are systematically deploying a data eraser method and of that group, 75 percent are not deleting data security. Vice President of Product Development Jim Reinert notes that many businesses are not properly erasing sensitive data from old computers and hard drives, which puts them at risk for data breaches.

Kroll Ontrack launches cloud-based e-discovery serviceAuthor:
Chris PreimesbergerPublication:
eWeekDate:
November 8, 2010This article highlights the launch of Ontrack Guardian discovery repository services, a new cloud-based service for preserving, filtering and exporting data that could potentially be used in litigations or investigations. Quoted is Director of Archiving Tom McCaffrey, who discusses how the repository enables enterprises to locate and search data by keyword, custodian, data range and content type, cutting large upfront costs.

Getting a handle on data lossAuthor:
John BrandonPublication:
ProcessorDate:
October 22, 2010Highlighting findings from the Kroll Ontrack Global Data Loss Causes Survey, this article discusses how companies can prevent data breaches by establishing and enforcing tighter security policies and being proactive about data leaks. In particular, the article mentions that Kroll Ontrack survey respondents were most impacted by loss of personal data or a business disruption when a data loss occurred.

Business exposed to virtual data storage risks, survey findsAuthor:
Nathan EddyPublication:
Channel InsiderDate:
October 20, 2010Results of a survey that Kroll Ontrack conducted on the show floor at VMworld, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, are described in this article written by reporter Nathan Eddy. Jeff Pederson, manager of data recovery operations for Kroll Ontrack, provides analysis of the findings, which reveal how IT organizations are managing data as well as the risks involved in a virtual environment.

Kroll Ontrack releases new archiving solutionAuthor:
Jaclyn JaegerPublication:
Compliance WeekDate:
October 19, 2010Published in Compliance Week, this article features the launch of the Ontrack Compass enterprise archiving solution version 2.1, outlining the new product enhancements such as Custodian-Foldered Output and Legal Hold Notification.

The gap between planning, implementation of e-discovery programsAuthor:
Gina PassarellaPublication:
The Legal IntelligencerDate:
October 13, 2010Reporter Gina Passarella highlights results from the Kroll Ontrack Fourth Annual ESI Trends Report, which provides data on how corporations are managing electronically stored information. Kroll Ontrack Vice President of Business Development Jason Straight expresses concern regarding several of the findings, such as the lack of e-discovery systems companies have in place, the lack of consistently testing e-discovery strategies and the fact that many companies do not have a data map.

Tips for a successful recoveryAuthor:
Sixto Ortiz, Jr.Publication:
ProcessorDate:
October 8, 2010This article discusses the significance of organizations implementing a data center disaster plan and conducting frequent rehearsal situations in preparation for an actual disaster. Jeff Pederson, manager of data recovery operations for Kroll Ontrack, provides advice on what personnel should consider when restoring and backing up data.

Are you keeping your ESI policies up to date? Survey says maybe notAuthor:
Marisa PeacockPublication:
CMSWireDate:
October 4, 2010In this article, Kristin Nimsger, president at Kroll Ontrack and Jason Straight, vice president of business development, provide insight into the Fourth Annual ESI Trends Report and what the results mean for companies and their electronic discovery policy creation and implementation.

Organizations lag in testing their ESI discovery policiesAuthor:
Marcia SavagePublication:
Search Financial SecurityDate:
October 4, 2010This article highlights findings pertaining to ESI strategy implementation awareness from the Kroll Ontrack Fourth Annual ESI Trends Report. Jason Straight, vice president of business development, states it is necessary to have a superior electronically stored information discovery strategy to effectively manage data retention, while Kroll Ontrack President Kristin Nimsger describes the importance of knowing where data is within an organization.

Survey shows companies struggling to keep ESI policy up to dateAuthor:
Thomas Huddleston, Jr.Publication:
Corporate CounselDate:
October 4, 2010In this article Kroll Ontrack President Kristin Nimsger and Vice President of Business Development Jason Straight highlight the results of the Kroll Ontrack Fourth Annual ESI Trends Report. They note the findings reveal the disconnect between legal and IT departments, which affects the reliability of their electronically stored information strategies and policies.

Defendant ordered to jail in spoliation eye-openerAuthor:
Correy StephensonPublication:
Lawyers USADate:
September 27, 2010In this article highlighting the e-discovery failures involved in the Victor Stanley, Inc. v. Creative Pipe, Inc. case, Kroll Ontrack Staff Attorney Kelly Kubacki comments on the importance of a well-documented information management strategy and process in order to comprehend what lawyers’ responsibilities are in a case.

Twitter virus attack highlights key risk of social mediaAuthor:
Alan BrillPublication:
Business InsuranceDate:
September 26, 2010Alan E. Brill, Secaucus, N.J.-based managing director for Kroll Ontrack, discusses the significant risks that companies face in using third-party-run social media sites in their marketing and outreach efforts. Brill is quoted on the fact that companies are depending on the environments of social media sites for security and stability when they should really have breach response plans in place.

How to avoid a data breach disasterAuthor:
Jaclyn JaegerPublication:
ComplianceWeek.comDate:
September 14, 2010Kroll Ontrack Senior Managing Director of Computer Forensics Alan Brill is quoted several times throughout this ComplianceWeek.com article that discusses Kroll Ontrack’s computer forensics and disaster recovery planning work with Canandaigua Bank & Trust during a potentially large breach of sensitive customer information. Brill provides advice on how to prepare for and respond to a data breach disaster.

Managing consumer tech in the enterpriseAuthor:
Wayne RashPublication:
eWeekDate:
August 3, 2010Published in eWeek, this article discusses how companies should embrace and accept personal gadgets being brought to the workplace, while also monitoring for sensitive data and setting expectations on what employees can do on their own devices. Highlighted extensively throughout the piece is commentary from Kroll Ontrack Senior Managing Director of Computer Forensics Alan Brill regarding personal devices and the security vulnerabilities they create for corporations.

Automated workflow: Increasing human efficiency through technologyAuthor:
Anna Mills and Jen FreemanPublication:
Chicago LawyerDate:
August 1, 2010Kroll Ontrack Client Relationship Manager Anna Mills and Senior Legal Consultant Jen Freeman outline the benefits of using an automated workflow to decrease e-discovery costs and time with the increasing cases of electronic information being brought into the court room.

Privacy vs. technology in the workplaceAuthor:
David E. Canfield and Jason ParoffPublication:
Forbes.comDate:
July 28, 2010Kroll Ontrack Managing Consultant David E. Canfield and Senior Director of Computer Forensics Operations Jason Paroff outline the importance of policies that address a company’s right to access information created and sent using work-issue technology in light of City of Ontario, California v. Quon. The authors suggest companies train and inform employees on their rights regarding electronic privacy and conduct routine policy updates prior to any possible litigation action.

It pays to think before you clickAuthor:
Nicole Bullock and Telis DemosPublication:
Financial TimesDate:
July 21, 2010This article published in Financial Times suggests that employees need to be more cautious when composing and sending e-mails to avoid possible high-profile disasters. Michele C.S. Lange, director of discovery product management, Kroll Ontrack, points out that employees can sometimes be too casual when sending e-mails from a location other than the office, highlighting the fact that little, if any, employee communication is truly private.

CIOs, electronic records and the lawAuthor:
Ed SperlingPublication:
Forbes.comDate:
July 20, 2010Ed Sperling, the editor of several technology trade publications, interviewed David Canfield, managing consultant for Kroll Ontrack's Electronically Stored Information Consulting Group regarding the responsibility of a company’s CIO and lawsuits pertaining to electronic records. Canfield offers insight on what CIOs are potentially liable for when it comes to ESI.

E-discovery meets Facebook: Social networking sites complicate litigationAuthor:
Correy StephensonPublication:
Lawyers USADate:
July 19, 2010Kroll Ontrack Manager Staff Attorney Regina Jytyla is quoted in this Lawyers USA article about the discoverability of data from social networking sites and how social media is increasingly a factor in the realm of e-discovery in light of the recent Crispin v. Audigier decision. Jytyla notes the growing complexity of social media in the context of litigation, noting there is no "one-size-fits-all" solution for the preservation, collection and review of social media content.

Technology can move fast and companies can't fall behindAuthor:
Jason Paroff and Richard PlanskyPublication:
Los Angeles Daily JournalDate:
June 25, 2010Published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, this byline article, written by Kroll Ontrack Senior Director of Computer Forensics Jason Paroff and Managing Director in Kroll Business Intelligence and Investigations Richard Plansky, discusses court cases regarding employee communication privacy in the workplace and how companies can avoid litigation by creating and carrying out clear and consistent usage polices that are regularly applied.

Data recovery from the cloud: Make it part of a cloud storage strategyAuthor:
Elizabeth MillardPublication:
Processor.comDate:
June 18, 2010In this Processor.com article focusing on the importance of selecting a cloud computing provider, Jeff Pederson, manager of Ontrack Data Recovery operations at Kroll Ontrack, advises that bringing in a third-party firm for switching cloud management requires more organizational effort up front but provides ongoing protection thereafter. David Logue, lead engineer, Ontrack Remote Data Recovery, notes data recovery is easier when backup disks have been designated to one specific company.

Navigating and avoiding sanctions for failing to preserve electronic informationAuthor:
Regina Jytyla and Kelly KubackiPublication:
NYSBA JournalDate:
June 17, 2010Featured in the NYSBA Journal, this article by Kroll Ontrack Managing Staff Attorney Regina Jytyla and Staff Attorney Kelly Kubacki highlights the Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Pension Plan v. Banc of America Securities, LLC case and explores Judge Shira Scheindlin’s four essential issues to the analysis of determining when spoliation sanctions are appropriate.

Email backup & archival: Protect messaging & your businessAuthor:
Sixto Ortiz, Jr.Publication:
Processor MagazineDate:
May 20, 2010Featured in this Processor article is Tom McCaffrey, director of archiving at Kroll Ontrack, who expresses the importance of companies ensuring their information management and storage practices include the integration of a legal hold tool with an archive to meet business, legal or regulatory requirements. In addition, Jim Reinert, vice president of Product Development, Ontrack Data Recovery, refers to the significance of regular data backups and doing them with an organized process.

The common backup tape storage errors: TLC for your tape storageAuthor:
Alan EarlsPublication:
SearchDataBackup.comDate:
May 17, 2010In this article, Jim Reinert, vice president of Product Development, Ontrack Data Recovery, highlights Kroll Ontrack's data recovery expertise, noting the company typically sees some of the worst backup tape storage errors. The key to avoiding these errors, he says, is to have good practices and procedures in place, particularly with regard to when and how tapes are "rotated" back into use. When serious problems arise with tape, Reinert advises calling in an expert.

Best tips for migrating to Microsoft Exchange 2010Author:
Jim ReinertPublication:
CTO EdgeDate:
May 4, 2010Since the launch of Microsoft Exchange 2010, organizations looking to update their infrastructure are rapidly adopting the messaging platform. Vice President of Data Recovery Jim Reinert discusses the reasons that organizations are adopting the messaging platform and examines challenges they are being faced with. He offers tips/best practices and indicates that the use of third party tools can be beneficial to any migration.

Kroll Ontrack extends data recovery serviceAuthor:
Mike VizardPublication:
CTO Edge BlogDate:
May 4, 2010In this blog post written by IT Business Edge’s Mike Vizard, Manager of Ontrack Data Recovery Operations Jeff Pederson is quoted on the extension of the company’s data recovery services, which now include support for solid state drives and flash drives. Pederson also discusses the difficulty in recovering information from these devices due to the way data is stored.

Kroll Ontrack extends data recovery serviceAuthor:
Mike VizardPublication:
CTO Edge BlogDate:
May 4, 2010In this blog post written by IT Business Edge’s Mike Vizard, Manager of Ontrack Data Recovery Operations Jeff Pederson is quoted on the extension of the company’s data recovery services, which now include support for solid state drives and flash drives. Pederson also discusses the difficulty in recovering information from these devices due to the way data is stored.

Legal technology tools to modernize your officeAuthor:
Melissa MaleskePublication:
InsideCounselDate:
May 1, 2010In this InsideCounsel article that explores the current and future technology trends among large and small law departments, Kroll Ontrack’s Director of Discovery Product Management Michele Lange offers insight on the costs associated with cutting-edge legal technology and why it may be a good investment in the long run, despite a challenging economy.

Don’t panic! How to recover data from a dead hard driveAuthor:
Anthony Verducci and Glenn DerenePublication:
Popular MechanicsDate:
April 9, 2010Manager of Ontrack Data Recovery Operations Jeff Pederson is quoted in this Popular Mechanics article, which provides advice for customers on what to do when they experience a logistical or mechanical hard drive failure. Pederson is mentioned as an expert in helping one of the authors recover data from a hard drive that has undergone a simulated disaster, highlighting Ontrack Data Recovery’s expertise in performing a successful data recovery operation.

Changing the culture of e-discoveryAuthor:
Melissa BirksPublication:
Chicago LawyerDate:
April 1, 2010In the April 2010 issue of Chicago Lawyer, Kroll Ontrack Managing Staff Attorney Regina Jytyla describes the challenges related to electronic data discovery, as well as consideration for cost-effectively and defensibly responding to requests for electronically stored information (ESI) in light of U.S. Court District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin’s opinion on the Pension Committee case.

Judge provides missing pieces to the preservation puzzleAuthor:
Jennifer Freeman and Kelly KubackiPublication:
Chicago Daily Law BulletinDate:
April 1, 2010Published in Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s 2010 Legal Technology Update, this byline article written by Kroll Ontrack Senior Legal Consultant Jennifer Freeman and Staff Attorney Kelly Kubacki discusses the case Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Plan v. Bank of America Securities, LLC and its implications. Freeman and Kubacki offer best practices to help counsel and their clients avoid preservation failures that could lead to sanctions.

Preservation duties after ‘Pension Committee’Author:
Kelly KubackiPublication:
Minnesota LawyerDate:
March 15, 2010Published in Minnesota Lawyer, this byline article by written by Kroll Ontrack Staff Attorney Kelly Kubacki examines U.S. District Court Judge Shira A. Scheindlin’s recent opinion in The Pension Committee case regarding the evolution of litigation holds and preservation duties. Kubacki outlines best practices for proactive data management, understanding when the duty to preserve arises and how to issue a defensible legal hold.

Don’t let archiving integration costs surprise you during M&AsAuthor:
Susan HallPublication:
IT Business EdgeDate:
March 4, 2010IT Business Associate Editor Susan Hall interviews Vice President of Product Strategy George May on the challenges companies face when merging archiving platforms during a merger or acquisition. May discusses questions companies should consider, the pitfalls associated with the process, as well as steps they can take to mitigate risk and control cost. He also highlights the importance of developing best practices for data preservation and litigation preparedness.

E-discovery, regulatory compliance products and services launch at LegalTechAuthor:
Todd Erickson and Beth PariseauPublication:
SearchStorage.comDate:
February 2, 2010Tom McCaffrey, Kroll Ontrack Director of Archiving, is quoted on the features of Ontrack Compass in an article highlighting e-discovery and regulatory compliance product and partnership news at LegalTech New York 2010. The article also includes a quote from Brian Babineau, senior consulting analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, who discusses the credibility Kroll Ontrack offers as a legal technology services provider when selling customers on the electronic discovery benefits of archiving.

It's importance in proper ESI managementAuthor:
Regina Jytyla, Esq. and Kelly KubackiPublication:
Legal Tech NewsletterDate:
February 2, 2010Published in Legal Tech Newsletter, this byline article written by Kroll Ontrack Managing Staff Attorney Regina Jytyla and Lead Law Clerk Kelly Kubacki examines the importance of collaboration between IT and legal departments in order to effectively manage data and litigation response. The article explores the evolving roles of IT professionals and corporate attorneys and how corporations must refocus and implement defensible ESI strategies to effectively manage risks and future costs.

Litigation software: Business as usual?Author:
Alan CohenPublication:
Law.comDate:
February 2, 2010This Law.com article discusses the current challenges law firms face as they search for software providers that offer end-to-end solutions for managing the complex hierarchy of procedures in electronic discovery and litigation. The article highlights the kinds of software law firms are using, mentioning Kroll Ontrack as the top electronic evidence provider as well as a top coding and scanning vendors in The American Lawyer's Litigation Department of the Year competition results.

LegalTech descends on New YorkAuthor:
Sean DohertyPublication:
Law.comDate:
January 29, 2010In this article, Law.com Technology Editor Sean Doherty previews the LegalTech New York 2010 conference, mentioning Kroll Ontrack's launch of Ontrack Compass, an enterprise e-mail archiving solution, and Ontrack Onsight, a self-contained, mobile e-discovery appliance. Vice President of Product Strategy George May and Managing Staff Attorney Regina Jytyla discuss the features and benefits of each new offering.

Questions you need answered before going cloudAuthor:
Kim NashPublication:
CIODate:
January 26, 2010Managing Director R. Jason Straight is quoted in a recent CIO magazine article about the security and access issues and questions CIOs face when choosing a cloud vendor. Straight discusses the complexities involved with respect to storing data on virtualized servers that are shared with multiple clients and ensuring data is retrieved quickly in the right format for litigation or regulatory compliance. The article also references the Kroll Ontrack Third Annual ESI Trends Report.

Savings cloud risks of outsourcing techAuthor:
Judy GreenwaldPublication:
Business InsuranceDate:
January 17, 2010In a recent edition of Business Insurance, Managing Director R. Jason Straight discusses the perils of storing data in the cloud. In his quotes, Straight emphasizes that companies often opt to store data in the cloud without considering the ramifications to the discovery process.

Biz notesAuthor:
Jake AndersonPublication:
Twin Cities MetroDate:
January 1, 2010In this feature article published in the January issue of Twin Cities Metro, Kroll Ontrack President Kristin Nimsger provides commentary on the company's history, its capabilities and international leadership. The article also highlights Kroll Ontrack's work on the Columbia Space Shuttle drive, Top 10 Data Disasters list and computer forensics expertise, as well as several informative facts about the company.

The corporate takeover: Seizing control over e-discoveryAuthor:
Regina JytylaPublication:
The Corporate CounselorDate:
January 1, 2010In the January issue of The Corporate Counselor, Managing Staff Attorney Regina Jytyla discusses the results of the Kroll Ontrack 2009 ESI Trends Report (see page 5). Jytyla focuses on the trend toward increased litigation investment, preparedness, and use of internal and external resources to simplify the process of responding to document-intensive results.

What SMES can expect when it comes to keeping data centers locked downAuthor:
Elizabeth MillardPublication:
ProcessorDate:
January 1, 2010Published in Processor, Elizabeth Millard predicts data security trends IT will witness in the coming year. Kroll Ontrack's Senior Managing Director of Computer Forensics, Alan Brill, provides commentary on the role IT security logs and log storage space will play during incident investigations.

Sanctions ordered against Goodwin Procter over delay in releasing e-mailAuthor:
Sheri QualtersPublication:
The National Law JournalDate:
December 23, 2009Published in The National Law Journal, Sheri Qualters references Kroll Ontrack's Third Annual ESI Survey results and states that judges who issued opinions on e-discovery disputes in 2009 were more than likely to tack on sanctions. Kroll Ontrack Managing Staff Attorney, Gina Jytyla provides commentary.

To have and to hold: A romantic guide to document preservationAuthor:
Farrah PepperPublication:
Law.comDate:
December 16, 2009Published on Law.com, Farrah Pepper outlines basic principles of document preservation that one should follow in light of legal decisions made in 2009. Pepper references Kroll Ontrack's Third Annual ESI Survey results, stating only 57 percent of U.S. companies reported having a mechanism in place to suspend their document destruction policies in response to litigation or an investigation.

The million-dollar words of e-discoveryAuthor:
Kevin WooPublication:
Law.comDate:
December 15, 2009Published on Law.com, Author Kevin Woo references Kroll Ontrack's Third Annual ESI Survey results while stating that e-discovery is among the fastest growing segments in the IT industry. Woo states that the growth is attributed to the complexity of keeping track of and managing the multiple places and platforms in which information can reside.

E-discovery case analysis shows no tolerance for failuresAuthor:
Melissa Klein-AguilarPublication:
Compliance WeekDate:
December 10, 2009Regina Jytyla, Managing Staff Attorney for Kroll Ontrack is interviewed by Compliance Week on e-discovery related decisions made in 2009. These results reflect the importance of being up to speed on technologies and techniques used to quickly uncover data and to bypass e-discovery failures in court by being informed. Additionally, Jytyla forecasts that 2010 focus is likely to be on expanding the universe of ESI.

Dealing with data breachesAuthor:
Pat BroderickPublication:
Daily JournalDate:
December 2, 2009Kroll Ontrack Senior Managing Director, Jason Straight provided commentary to the Daily Journal on data breaches and the disconnect between IT and legal. Results from the Kroll Ontrack Third Annual ESI Trends Survey are also cited.

Discovery discipline: Courts impose sanctions for failure to disclose discoverable dataAuthor:
Michael KozubekPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
December 1, 2009Published by InsideCounsel this article references results from the Kroll Ontrack Third Annual Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Trends Survey. Kozubek cites how more than half of U.S. companies are reportedly using licensed software to implement litigation holds as opposed to manual systems or homegrown technology.

IT owns e-discoveryAuthor:
Andrew Conry-MurrayPublication:
InformationWeekDate:
November 24, 2009Published by InformationWeek, Andrew Conry-Murray provides an overview of the Kroll Ontrack Third Annual ESI Survey results, citing that increased involvement from IT has resulted in larger organizations bringing e-discovery projects in-house. Conroy-Murray speculates that IT professionals will become a crucial factor in the e-discovery process in the future.

Kroll: Corporations need to 'walk the talk' on ESI managementAuthor:
Sean DohertyPublication:
Law.comDate:
October 21, 2009This article published on the "EDD Update Blog" on Law.com provides an overview of the results of Kroll Ontrack's Third Annual Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Trends Survey. It highlights the fact that despite a majority of corporations currently have document retention policies in place, most organizations still lack a formal ESI discovery readiness policy.

EDD providers adapt to a down economyAuthor:
Jason KrausePublication:
Law.comDate:
October 12, 2009This special focus article published on Law.com includes commentary from Kroll Ontrack Director of Legal Technologies Michele Lange regarding how e-discovery vendors have been forced to adapt to the challenging business climate created by the current economic crisis. Lange conveys how Kroll Ontrack has listened to its customers who are increasingly looking for solutions that provide control and predictability. Kroll Ontrack has shifted its pricing model to reflect the needs of its clients.

Big bang for the bucksAuthor:
Monica BayPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
October 1, 2009Published in Law Technology News, Editor in Chief Monica Bay provides her readers with a sneak preview of the results of Kroll Ontrack's Third Annual Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Trends Survey. Kroll Ontrack President Kristin Nimsger provides commentary regarding the lack of preparedness by corporations in both the U.S. and U.K. with respect to managing ESI.

Getting started With e-discoveryAuthor:
David StromPublication:
BaselineDate:
September 29, 2009This article featured in Baseline focuses on steps corporations should take if they are new to the e-discovery game. Kroll Ontrack Senior Managing Director Jason Straight provides his insights into the initial steps of establishing sound policies. He suggests that the first step is to locate your critical data and determine how they are used by using a "data map." The second is to have clear data retention policies that are realistically enforced and followed.

Just the facts: Keep from drowning in a sea of e-discovery dataAuthor:
Eric BerkmanPublication:
Minnesota LawyerDate:
September 28, 2009Published in Minnesota Lawyer, this article features results from Kroll Ontrack's survey of legal professionals on the show floor at LegalTech West Coast in Los Angeles. In addition, Managing Staff Attorney Regina Jytyla provides commentary regarding how in-house counsel can more proactively manage ESI for litigation or an investigation. By taking a proactive stance, in-house counsel and their organizations can prevent the routine deletion of relevant data.

Data loss prevention systems at your firmAuthor:
Kevin WooPublication:
Law.comDate:
September 16, 2009This Law.com feature article provides insight into how law firms are protecting against data loss and theft. Kroll Ontrack Senior Managing Director of Computer Forensics Alan Brill expresses the importance of law firms eliminating the digital footprints left behind by electronic files and the importance of using tools to completely prevent metadata from falling into the wrong hands.

Cloud computing's forecast: Mostly sunny, but beware gathering stormsAuthor:
David ZielinskiPublication:
SHRP.comDate:
September 1, 2009Published on SHRP.com, this article focuses on the not-so-sunny side of cloud computing and highlights the e-discovery challenges it poses to legal, human resources and IT professionals. Kroll Ontrack Senior Managing Director Jason Straight advises organizations to be aware of the potential hidden costs that can emerge in the event of a security breach or lawsuit tied to data stored in the "cloud." Straight offers key questions to ask cloud computing vendors before handing over your data.

Preventing inadvertent disclosureAuthor:
Jennifer Freeman and Kelly KubackiPublication:
Chicago LawyerDate:
August 31, 2009Published in Chicago Lawyer magazine, this byline article written by Kroll Ontrack Senior Legal Consultant Jennifer Freeman and Lead Law Clerk Kelly Kubacki explores how corporate counsel can better prevent inadvertent disclosure of privileged documents and how lessons learned from recent case law can help prevent future missteps. The article includes a discussion of Federal Rule of Evidence 502, signed into law in 2008.

Consider feasibility when crafting storage and retention policiesAuthor:
Deanna HartleyPublication:
Certification MagazineDate:
August 24, 2009Kroll Ontrack Senior Managing Director Jason Straight talks about the challenges of creating and implementing sound data storage and document retention polices in this article published in Certification Magazine. Straight expresses that organizations need to understand what their data retention obligations are before drafting or implementing a policy and these policies must be intertwined to be effective.

Boom and bustAuthor:
Barbara RosePublication:
ABA JournalDate:
August 1, 2009Published in ABA Journal, this article explores how the e-discovery industry is evolving and facing the challenges posed by the current economic crisis. Kroll Ontrack Director of Legal Technologies Michele Lange provides her insight into how corporations are bringing more e-discovery work in-house and teaming up with IT to respond to e-discovery requests as an alternative to simply allowing outside counsel and vendors to lead the charge.

Kroll CIO on effective alignmentAuthor:
Brian WatsonPublication:
CIO InsightDate:
July 13, 2009CIO Insight Editor Brian Watson interviewed Kroll CIO Jeff Kubacki regarding how he balances the interests of four business units with those of his own IT operation. The interview includes various responses from their one-on-one interview in mid-July.

Managing data transfer to cloud storageAuthor:
Stacy FollettPublication:
ComputerworldDate:
July 13, 2009Published in Computerworld, this article features Kroll CIO Jeff Kubacki's commentary regarding how he plans to reduce the organizations' storage costs by 25% over the next three years by using a combination of options including tiered storage, business process changes and cloud storage. Kubacki also talks about the challenges that IT managers will face when moving large stores of data into the cloud.

Strategic management of e-discovery in the global marketplaceAuthor:
Regina Jytyla and Michele LangePublication:
Executive CounselDate:
July 1, 2009Published in a legal publication written for corporate counsel and c-suite executives, Executive Counsel, Kroll Ontrack Director of Legal Technologies Michele Lange and Managing Staff Attorney Regina Jytyla examine how organizations can better manage the growing amount of electronic data for cross-border litigation. The article focuses on critical considerations when working with multilingual data and provides best practices for handling this data for review and production.

Multilingual mania: E-discovery is now a global issueAuthor:
Kenneth Nourse and Jonathan SachsPublication:
New Jersey Law JournalDate:
June 29, 2009Published in the New Jersey Law Journal, Kroll Ontrack Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Kenneth Nourse and Regional Leader of Northeast Discovery Services Jonathan Sachs published this byline article examining how attorneys can best avoid obstacles and leverage opportunities when coordinating and managing discovery across the globe. Nourse and Sachs explore how organizations can better manage multilingual e-discovery data when cross board litigation strikes.

Delaware Chancery Homes in on EDDAuthor:
Sheri QualtersPublication:
National Law Journal / Law.comDate:
June 16, 2009Published in The National Law Journal and on Law.com, Kroll Ontrack's annual analysis of the most relevant electronic discovery opinions of 2009 was cited in this piece urging companies to engage in early preservation of data based on an onslaught of recent court rulings. The article cited the importance of document retention policies.

Cybersleuthing comes of ageAuthor:
Michelle LorePublication:
Minnesota LawyerDate:
June 15, 2009This article published in Minnesota Lawyer explores how computer forensics are playing an increasingly important role in civil litigation. Kroll Ontrack Senior Director of Computer Forensics Jason Paroff provides his commentary regarding how computer forensic work involves seizing, processing, analyzing and safeguarding electronic data for use as evidence. Additionally, the article touches on how to properly vet computer forensic vendors and the current learning curve in the industry.

Gricar confusion deepensAuthor:
Sara GanimPublication:
Centre Daily TimesDate:
April 15, 2009Kroll Ontrack was briefly mentioned regarding its early participation in the ongoing investigation of the disappearance of former Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar.

Kroll opens San Fran officeAuthor:
Jennifer NiemelaPublication:
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business JournalDate:
April 15, 2009Published in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, this article talks about the opening of Kroll Ontrack's newest trial services office in San Francisco. It features commentary from Kroll Ontrack President Kristin Nimsger and explains that this new office marks the 10th TrialGraphix office in the U.S.

Keep it? Delete it? Forward it?Author:
Alan BrillPublication:
The Young LawyerDate:
April 1, 2009Featured in the quarterly publication of the Minnesota Bar Association, The Young Lawyer, Kroll Ontrack Senior Managing Director of Computer Forensics Alan Brill published this byline article providing tips for successful e-mail management for young attorneys. Brill provides tips for streamlining e-mail communication and provides insight into which e-mails to keep and which to trash.

Maintain data security in tough timesAuthor:
Kurt MarkoPublication:
ProcessorDate:
March 27, 2009Published in The Processor, this article looks at what organizations should do to continue to safeguard company data despite facing smaller budgets due to the economic crisis. The article includes a list of the top five basic data protection measures that organizations can employ and Kroll Ontrack Senior Managing Director of Computer Forensics Alan Brill advises organizations to have well-tested disaster recovery and business continuity plans in place to avoid data loss.

NightOwl business up 600 percent on e-discovery demandAuthor:
Jennifer NielmaPublication:
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business JournalDate:
March 27, 2009Published in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, this article talks about the increase in demand for document review services in the Twin Cities. Kroll Ontrack Director of Legal Technologies Michele Lange talks about how legal document review, especially on the e-discovery side, is a market area that's been growing for some years and doesn’t show any signs of slowing.

Protecting Corporate Data in an Economic DownturnAuthor:
Regina Jytyla and Jason StraightPublication:
National Law JournalDate:
March 23, 2009Published in one of the nation's leading legal publications, The National Law Journal, Managing Staff Attorney Regina Jytyla and Senior Managing Director Jason Straight examine how organizations can better manage and protect their data during times of reduced budgetary spending and operating costs caused by the current economic climate. The article provides best practices for managing and protecting corporate data and solutions to common data-management quandaries.

Data breach threats growing withinAuthor:
Jeff CasalePublication:
Business InsuranceDate:
March 16, 2009This article published in Business Insurance magazine examines how the risk of data loss from within an organization is becoming a growing threat to employers. Kroll Ontrack Senior Managing Director of Computer Forensics Alan Brill was interviewed for this piece and he expressed that with computer forensic technology and careful planning, organizations can better protect themselves from internal data theft by employees.

Experts: Nagin e-mails might be easily retrievedAuthor:
Jamie GuilletPublication:
New Orleans City BusinessDate:
March 12, 2009This article featured in New Orleans City Business provides updates on the ongoing investigation of the disappearance of former Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar. Kroll Ontrack Vice President of Data Recovery Jim Reinert and Managing Staff Attorney Regina Jytyla provide their insights on the topic.

Doing more with lessAuthor:
Anna PrattPublication:
Minnesota LawyerDate:
March 9, 2009Published in Minnesota Lawyer, this article written by Anna Pratt examines the ways Minnesota in-house counsel are looking to continue to operate effectively with smaller budgets due to the economic crisis. Kroll Ontrack Director of Legal Technologies Michele Lange advises organizations to create an electronically-stored information (ESI) action plan, developed in coordination with the company's IT Department in order to avoid a misstep.

2008 Vendor Gold AwardsAuthor:
Staff WriterPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
March 1, 2009This brief article published in Law Technology News announces the winners of the 2008 Law Technology News Awards. Kroll Ontrack received 8 awards, one for each category in which it was nominated.

A goldmine of dataAuthor:
Dan EmersonPublication:
Finance and CommerceDate:
February 17, 2009Published in Minnesota Lawyer, Associate Editor Dan Emerson explores how law firms are working to effectively manage their growing amounts of electronic data. Kroll Ontrack Managing Staff Attorney Regina Jytyla comments on how law firms can better manage their data by utilizing new search techniques such as concept and topic searching to enable firms to cull huge amounts of data faster and easier than ever before.

Crafting a cost-conscious e-discovery planAuthor:
Rhonda Oliver and Jim TochaPublication:
Buffalo Law JournalDate:
February 12, 2009This byline article written by Kroll Ontrack Legal Consultant Rhonda Oliver and Exacta Legal Document Solutions Executive Director Jim Tocha explores how e-discovery preparedness and knowledge of new technologies can help law firms move closer toward achieving a favorable, cost-effective result in a complex and often exceedingly expensive process.

Electronically stored information makes legal, it strange bedfellowsAuthor:
Lori BentleyPublication:
IT Business EdgeDate:
February 4, 2009Published on Law360, this article features the results of Kroll Ontrack's Second Annual ESI Trends Survey. Kroll Ontrack Director of Legal Technologies Michele Lange provides commentary regarding the relationship between IT and legal and how they can better work to effectively respond to e-discovery requests.

Vendors, what can you do for me?Author:
Sean DohertyPublication:
Law.com/National Law JournalDate:
February 4, 2009Law.com Technology Editor Sean Doherty published this recap of the happenings at the 2009 LegalTech East Coast tradeshow in New York. Doherty highlighted Kroll Ontrack's recent updates to their document review tool, Ontrack Inview 5.6, and the launch of the Ontrack Inview Early Case Assessment tool.

E-discovery thrives in tough timesAuthor:
Paul ShreadPublication:
Enterprise Storage ForumDate:
February 3, 2009Published in Enterprise Storage Forum, this article provides a recap of the LegalTech East Coast tradeshow in New York and features Kroll Ontrack's newly enhanced trial presentation tool, Ontrack Prepview, which helps attorneys collaborate and strategically organize all case information in one central location.

The practical impact of new federal rule of evidence 502Author:
Linda Sharp, Esq., MBAPublication:
Sue MagazineDate:
February 1, 2009This byline article published by Kroll Ontrack Senior Legal Consultant Linda Sharp covers the impact of the new Federal Rule of Evidence 502 on the litigation process. Sharp examines how the new rule affects inadvertent disclosure and how it will be adapted by state courts.

Teaching IT and legal to understand each otherAuthor:
Lori BentleyPublication:
IT Business EdgeDate:
January 28, 2009Published in IT Business Edge, this article examines the results of Kroll Ontrack's Second Annual Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Trends Survey. Kroll Ontrack Director of Legal Technologies Michele Lange talks about the ongoing struggles both IT and legal face when trying to work together to effectively respond to e-discovery requests.

Tech security: Most big companies unprepared for it risks, survey findsAuthor:
Arundhati ParmarPublication:
Finance and CommerceDate:
January 6, 2009This article published in Finance and Commerce explores how cyber crime tends to spike in corporations during tough economic times. Kroll Ontrack Senior Managing Director of Computer Forensics Alan Brill was interviewed for this article and expressed that cost of data security breaches can run into the millions of dollars, which excludes a cost that cannot be calculated: a severely tarnished reputation.

Tips to manage IT security during layoffsAuthor:
Arundhati ParmarPublication:
Finance and CommerceDate:
January 5, 2009Kroll Ontrack Senior Managing Director of Computer Forensics Alan Brill provides Finance and Commerce with a list of suggestions to help corporations reduce the risk of data breaches during layoffs.

Trials and translationAuthor:
Staff WriterPublication:
Inside CounselDate:
January 1, 2009This feature article published in InsideCounsel explores how law firms and corporations are trying to manage a growing amount of electronically stored information (ESI) in multiple languages as they engage in cross boarder litigation. Kroll Ontrack Director of Legal Technologies Michele Lange talks about e-discovery filtering and processing as the systematic way of reducing a data set, converting documents to a standard file format and gathering metadata and extracted text for review.

E-discovery: Coping with demands of a new generation of mediaAuthor:
Correy StephensonPublication:
Lawyers USADate:
December 1, 2008Published in Lawyers USA, this article explores the new challenges attorneys are facing in managing e-discovery. Kroll Ontrack Director of Legal Technologies Michele Lange contributed to the article and talked about how multilingual data is an increasing issue for e-discovery teams.

How text messaging and Facebook can get you in legal troubleAuthor:
Kim S. NashPublication:
CIODate:
October 29, 2008Published in CIO magazine, Senior Editor Kim Nash interviews Kroll Ontrack Senior Managing Director of Computer Forensics Alan Brill regarding how text message and Facebook data can get companies in trouble. Brill offers his expertise regarding how corporate CIOs should approach social media.

Lawyers to IT: ESI is your babyAuthor:
Andrew Conry-MurrayPublication:
InformationWeekDate:
October 23, 2008In this article, InformationWeek Technology Editor Andrew Conry-Murray blogs about the results of Kroll Ontrack's Second Annual Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Trends Survey. The survey revealed interesting information regarding how companies in both the U.S. and U.K. are managing data for litigation or investigations.

Finding the right five questions for EDD vendorsAuthor:
Staff WriterPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
October 6, 2008Published in Law Technology News, this article asks e-discovery experts which are the five most important questions to ask when vetting EDD vendors. Kroll Ontrack Director of Legal Technologies Michele Lange offers her top five for the story.

Too little, too late?Author:
Craig BallPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
October 1, 2008This article in Law Technology News aims to compare and analyze the top providers of e-discovery services and recaps LTN's test calls into each company's customer service 800-numbers.

Tekne awards finalists announcedAuthor:
John Vomhof, Jr.Publication:
Minneapolis /St. Paul Business JournalDate:
September 10, 2008Published in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, this article announced the 2008 Minnesota High Tech Association Tekne Award finalists, which honors local companies and executives for technological innovation and leadership. Kroll Ontrack was selected as a finalist for the Technology Services award.

The big data dumpAuthor:
Staff WriterPublication:
The EconomistDate:
August 28, 2008Published in The Economist, this article briefly mentions Kroll Ontrack as the e-discovery provider for Verizon Corporation. The article also discusses the growing costs associated with e-discovery.

Making your case: A new world for voice mailsAuthor:
Allison RetkePublication:
Missouri Lawyers WeeklyDate:
August 25, 2008This article explores how voicemail and cell phone data are now being considered discoverable evidence in the e-discovery process. Kroll Ontrack Director of Legal Technologies Michele Lange reminds readers that Rule 43(a) of the newly amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure states that sound recordings are fully discoverable in civil litigation.

E-discovery industry hot and getting hotter: SurveyAuthor:
Julie ZeveloffPublication:
Law360Date:
August 12, 2008Published on Law360, this article explores the result of the 2008 Socha-Gelbmann 6th Annual Electronic Discovery Survey. The article mentions Kroll Ontrack as a top e-discovery vendor according to votes by survey participants.

E-discovery faces a language barrierAuthor:
Jason KrausePublication:
Law.comDate:
August 4, 2008Law.com Freelance Writer Jason Krause published this article regarding the new challenges that multilingual data is posing to e-discovery review teams. Kroll Ontrack Director of Legal Technologies Michele Lange talks about what it means to be "Unicode" compliant and how corporations can use search software tools to better manage this process.

Industry leader: Kristin NimsgerAuthor:
Elizabeth MillardPublication:
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business JournalDate:
July 17, 2008This article published in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal features a profile of Kroll Ontrack President Kristin Nimsger as she was named a 2008 Business Journal Women In Business Industry Leader. The profile highlights Nimsger's community and career achievements.

Can you adapt?Author:
Monica BayPublication:
Law Technology NewsDate:
June 1, 2008Law Technology News Editor in Chief Monica Bay cites some of the results of Kroll Ontrack's First Annual Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Trends Survey. The survey found that only 25% of U.S. in-house counsel and 17% of U.K. in-house counsel say they are fully current with EDD case law, developments and regulations.

Electronic legalitiesAuthor:
Dave ZielinskiPublication:
Twin Cities BusinessDate:
June 1, 2008Published in Twin Cities Business, this article explores how e-mail is stored and what tools are available to retrieve and search through these digital documents. Kroll Ontrack Director of Legal Technologies Michele Lange was interviewed for the story, which also mentions Ontrack Inview.

The litigation continuum - cutting-edge technology at every stepAuthor:
Joni ShogrenPublication:
Hearsay Summer 2008Date:
June 1, 2008This byline article, written by former Kroll Ontrack Staff Attorney Joni Shogren, looks at how technology can be leveraged at every point in the litigation lifecycle. Shogren talks about litigation preparedness, e-discovery and case management.

Audio discovery: The next frontierAuthor:
Jen FreemanPublication:
Chicago LawyerDate:
May 1, 2008This byline article, written by Kroll Ontrack Senior Legal Consultant Jennifer Freeman, talks about the discoverability of audio files for e-discovery and how this medium is becoming a new challenge for litigators.

The legal technology acquisition gameAuthor:
Hillary EasomPublication:
Litigation Support TodayDate:
May 1, 2008Published in Litigation Support Today, this article mentions Kroll Ontrack's acquisition of TrialGraphix and features commentary from President Kristin Nimsger. The article also talks about the various acquisitions occurring around the legal technologies industry.

Center stage at LegalTech New York 2008Author:
Sean DohertyPublication:
Law.comDate:
February 5, 2008Published on Law.com, this piece highlights the latest and greatest offerings from the key EDD vendors at LegalTech 2008, namely Attenex, Mimosa, Guidance, and Kroll Ontrack. Specifically, Sean Doherty discusses the inaugural Kroll Ontrack ESI Trends Report and quotes statistics related to preparedness in both the U.S. and U.K.

Perfectly preservedAuthor:
Keith EckerPublication:
InsideCounselDate:
February 1, 2008Published in InsideCounsel, this article discusses new technology and software aimed at automating the litigation hold process. Quoted within is Michele Lange, director of Product Line Management for Kroll Ontrack, who sheds light on the ramifications of not having strong best practices in place.

White House copied over e-mail tapesAuthor:
Pete YostPublication:
Associated PressDate:
January 16, 2008This press release reports the recycling of backup computer tapes that may have wiped out many electronic messages from the early years of the Bush administration. Quoted within is Michele Lange, director of Product Line Management for Kroll Ontrack, who discusses the treasure trove of information potentially lost on those tapes, and the need for organizations to have appropriate retention policies for electronically stored information (ESI).

E-discovery rules at one year: How much help?Author:
Melissa Klein AguilarPublication:
Compliance WeekDate:
January 2, 2008One year after the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) were amended to provide guidelines for electronically stored information (ESI), in-house counsel are feeling the strain. This article, published in Compliance Week, highlights observations in response to the amendments, particularly that corporations are struggling to deal with the voluminous amount of ESI pulled into litigation. Quoted within is Kristin Nimsger, president of Kroll Ontrack.

The FCRP amendments: Here's how we didAuthor:
Joni Shogren and Michele C.S. LangePublication:
The RecorderDate:
January 1, 2008Co-authored by Joni Shogren, former staff attorney, and Michele Lange, director of Product Line Management for Kroll Ontrack, this article summarizes the 2007 case law developments in light of the amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in Dec. 2006, specifically case law related to sanctions and provisions as well as accessibility.

What's ahead for 2008? Legal technology throughout the litigation continuumAuthor:
Regina A. JytylaPublication:
Digital Discovey & e-EvidenceDate:
January 1, 2008Published in Digital Discovery & e-Evidence, this article examines how cutting-edge legal and IT teams can leverage advanced technology tools at every step of the litigation continuum—pre-litigation preparedness, litigation commencement, case management, discovery, and trial—to achieve the best result possible.

Discovery dilemma: Privilege or produceAuthor:
Rhea Frederick and Arthur SmithPublication:
Minnesota LawyerDate:
December 10, 2007In response to the Qualcomm case, this article discusses an attorney's obligation to produce relevant documents during litigation alongside the protection afforded them by the attorney-client privilege. Co-authored by Rhea Frederick, legal consultant with Kroll Ontrack, this article was published in Minnesota Lawyer.

Zero tolerance for zero retentionAuthor:
Ephraim SchwartzPublication:
InfoWorldDate:
December 4, 2007One year after the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) laid down e-discovery guidelines, the courts are clear: hammer out a retention policy posthaste or face sanctions. Quoted within is Michele Lange, director of Legal Technologies for Kroll Ontrack.

Happy anniversary, e-discovery!Author:
Correy StephensonPublication:
Lawyers USADate:
December 3, 2007Published in Lawyers USA, this article summarizes developments in e-discovery technology and case law one year after the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) were amended to address litigation issues related to electronically stored information (ESI). Quoted within is Michele Lange, director of Legal Technologies for Kroll Ontrack, who speaks to case law developments regarding preservation – or lack thereof.

Backup, backup, backupAuthor:
Dan EmersonPublication:
New Business MinnesotaDate:
December 1, 2007Reporter Dan Emerson interviews Jim Reinert, Vice President of Software and Services. "For a new business owner working hard to develop his or her company, the concept of backups is probably not top of mind, but any backup is better than none; you can start simply... What’s important is to get in the habit of regularly making backups."

Times are changing: The world of ESIAuthor:
Linda Sharp and Joel VogelPublication:
The Metropolitan Corporate CounselDate:
December 1, 2007Co-authored by Linda Sharp, legal consultant for Kroll Ontrack, and published in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, this article highlights the immense changes occurring in the world of electronically stored information (ESI) and the impact it is having on litigation preparation. Sharp discusses best practices for getting off on the right foot when it comes to preservation, collection, processing, review and production.

Data sifting: Kroll Ontrack filters, stores legal dataAuthor:
Steve AlexanderPublication:
Star TribuneDate:
November 20, 2007Published in the Star Tribune, this article summarizes the capabilities and technologies offered by Kroll Ontrack with regard to electronic discovery. Because many law firms are not equipped to search the sea of data on behalf of a corporate client, they turn to companies that specialize in just that kind of work, like Kroll Ontrack. Quoted within the article are Rhea Frederick, legal consultant and Michele Lange, director of Product Line Management for Kroll Ontrack.

Ethos as law and technology emergeAuthor:
Andrea MarshallPublication:
Metropolitan Corporate CounselDate:
November 1, 2007Authored by Andrea Marshall, legal consultant for Kroll Ontrack, and published in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, this article discusses revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) as they relate to the fusion of law and technology. Marshall comments that FRCP revisions will have profound impact on both litigation and corporate counsel. Failure to adequately appreciate and address these new ESI provisions could have dire consequences to both corporations and their counsel.

Defuse firm fear and disarm EDD vendorsAuthor:
Monica BayPublication:
Law.comDate:
October 2, 2007Published on Law.com, Monica Bay helps lawyers and corporate in-house counsel wade through the murky waters of e-discovery and the ever-growing pool of discovery vendors. Jeff Joyce, former managing director in Kroll Ontrack's ESI Consulting group, is quoted within and states that vendors are indeed providing services that clients are requesting and demanding. Further, this article discusses issues related to litigation readiness, discovery project management, and tries to defuse fears.

Quick peeks and clawbacks are not enoughAuthor:
Amanda KarlsPublication:
Minnesota LawyerDate:
September 17, 2007Authored by Amanda Karls, former staff attorney for Kroll Ontrack, this article published in Minnesota Lawyer brings to light the burden and difficulty of ensuring that privileged information is not inadvertently disclosed during discovery. Non-waiver (clawback) agreements provide a measure of defense against inadvertent production of electronic documents, but a federal standard is needed to resolve lingering privilege and disclosure issues.

Mover: Kristin NimsgerPublication:
Pioneer PressDate:
September 14, 2007Published in the Pioneer Press, this Q & A conversation with Kristin Nimsger, president of Kroll Ontrack, sheds light on her role and Kroll Ontrack, the people she admires and the motivation and hard work that brought her where she is today.

Is RAM data discoverable?Author:
Correy StephensonPublication:
Lawyers U.S.A.Date:
August 13, 2007This article published in Lawyers USA sheds light on how firms and corporations are reacting and dealing with amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) related to the discoverability of electronic information for litigation. Quoted within is Michele Lange, director of Product Line Management for Kroll Ontrack.

E-discovery and pretrial conferencesAuthor:
Richard Lettieri and Hon. Joy Flowers ContiPublication:
Judges JournalDate:
August 1, 2007Co-authored by Rick Lettieri, legal consultant for Kroll Ontrack, and the Hon. Joy Flowers Conti, this article explores the varying perspectives of lawyers and judges—from both sides of the bench—when it comes to electronically stored information (ESI) and litigation, particularly in light of the amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Electronic evidence & HSR compliance: What every antitrust lawyer should knowAuthor:
Christopher WallPublication:
The Antitrust PractitionerDate:
August 1, 2007Christopher Wall, manager in Kroll Ontrack's Legal Technologies division, outlines best practices every antitrust lawyer should know as they relate to electronically stored information (ESI) and Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) compliance. This article seeks to explain how modern electronic discovery technology can play a role in HSR compliance – from the initial collection of data for the 4(c) filing, to the second request, and ultimately to litigation, should the matter reach that stage.

Kroll Ontrack names new PresidentAuthor:
Carissa WyantPublication:
Twin Cities Business JournalDate:
July 25, 2007Twin Cities Business Journal announces the naming of Kristin Nimsger as president of Kroll Ontrack in July 2007, replacing Ben Allen, who accepted the position of chief executive officer for Kroll, Inc.

Electronic evidence: The rules get even tougherAuthor:
Lisa FerriPublication:
Corporate Board Member MagazineDate:
July 1, 2007In light of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, this article sketches out the concerns and potential pitfalls associated with the expanding universe of electronic evidence involved in litigation. Michele Lange, director of Legal Technologies for Kroll Ontrack, quoted within, brings light to new expectations the rules provide for electronic evidence.

On the digital paper trail: Using e-mail analysis & other best practices for preliminary internal investigationsAuthor:
Amanda J.G. Karls, Esq.Publication:
Electronic Discovery & Records Management QuarterlyDate:
July 1, 2007Written by former staff attorney for Kroll Ontrack Amanda J.G. Karls, Esq., this article explores best practices for conducting the first stages of an internal investigation and how e-mail analysis can be critical to that end. Specifically, the use of e-mail analysis software can significantly aid in determining scope by putting the power to reveal themes, key players and timelines in the hands of an organization's in-house legal team.

Preparing for e-discovery in light of the new federal rulesAuthor:
Kristin NimsgerPublication:
Federal LawyerDate:
July 1, 2007Published in Federal Lawyer and written by Kristin Nimsger, president of Kroll Ontrack, this article explores how lawyers should prepare for e-discovery in light of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including: creating a data management team; creating a litigation response plan that outlines guidelines for collecting and preserving pertinent information; and creating a litigation response team with outside counsel, corporate counsel, human resources, business line managers and IT staff.

Which e-discovery model is right (or wrong)?Author:
Richard LettieriPublication:
e-Discovery AdvisorDate:
July 1, 2007In this article, Rick Lettieri, legal consultant for Kroll Ontrack, discusses four emerging corporate e-discovery "models": the traditional approach in which IT and legal are at the table, a preferred provider approach involving a third party e-discovery vendor, in-house e-discovery approach for corporations that have e-discovery capabilities), and a combined approach utilizing some or all of the above.

Manage e-discovery costsAuthor:
Linda Kish, Esq.Publication:
E-Discovery Advisor MagazineDate:
June 6, 2007Written by Linda Kish, former legal consultant for Kroll Ontrack, and published in E-Discovery Advisor Magazine, this article speaks to the management of discovery costs in light of the amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) in 2006. By presenting a clear outline of the e-discovery process, readers will learn to make informed decisions that will reduce overall costs and allow for better cost management and control.

Surviving a home data disaster: How Shirley got her files backAuthor:
Rob MitchellPublication:
Computerworld OnlineDate:
June 6, 2007Reporter Rob Mitchell focuses on a case of missing digital photos and the road taken to recover them. Ontrack’s Sean Barry and Jim Reinert worked extensively with Rob as he engaged Ontrack’s EasyRecovery Professional software and Ontrack’s Remote Data Recovery services.

Get back what you once belongedAuthor:
Amy Johnson ConnerPublication:
Minnesota LawyerDate:
June 1, 2007Given the increasing amount of electronically stored information (ESI) that is part of litigation and the demands of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), there is concern over inadvertent disclosure of privileged documents. This article, published in Minnesota Lawyer, quotes Michele Lange, director of Legal Technologies for Kroll Ontrack, and highlights the benefits of taking advantage of quick peek and claw back agreements.

Gone, but not foreverAuthor:
John RoachPublication:
MSN Tech & GadgetsDate:
May 22, 2007Showcased on MSN Tech & Gadgets, this Web article dispels the myth that "delete" means "forever gone." Michele Lange, director of Legal Technologies for Kroll Ontrack, explains that while an individual may no longer see their document or e-mail, the file itself is not fully deleted until it is overwritten. This is critical when electronically stored information (ESI) is involved in an investigation or matter.

E-discovery basicsAuthor:
Adam KishPublication:
Journal for the Reporting and Captioning ProfessionsDate:
May 1, 2007Published in the Journal for the Reporting and Captioning Professions, Adam Kish of Kroll Ontrack highlights e-discovery best practices related to the location of electronically stored information (ESI), preservation, and spoliation and sanctions.

ESI: What paralegals need to knowAuthor:
Michele C.S. Lange, Esq.Publication:
The Paralegal EducatorDate:
May 1, 2007Penned by Michele C.S. Lange, Director of Legal Technologies for Kroll Ontrack, this article was written specifically for the paralegal audience. In it, Ms. Lange discusses the possible locations of ESI, how paralegals can assist during early case assessment meetings, production considerations for ESI, and the safe harbor rule as it relates to ESI inadvertently destroyed during regular course of business.

What's your plan?Author:
Meleah MaynardPublication:
Minnesota TechnologyDate:
April 10, 2007Reporter Meleah Maynard interviews Ontrack’s Jim Reinert about the importance of business continuity planning and how to develop a plan of your own

White house use of outside e-mail raises red flags: Businesses often face similar risks by employees, experts sayAuthor:
Todd R. WeissPublication:
ComputerworldDate:
March 29, 2007This article brings to light the security, preservation and usage risks that corporations face when their communications are being conducted outside of official corporate e-mail systems, leaving companies vulnerable to a wide variety of legal problems and regulatory compliance issues. Quoted within is Michele Lange, Director of Legal Technologies for Kroll Ontrack, who urges caution regarding the data security, compliance and archiving issues free email or communications services may present.

Heat - the death knell for hard drivesAuthor:
Sean BarryPublication:
Disaster Recovery JournalDate:
March 25, 2007Sean Barry, remote data recovery manager for Ontrack Data Recovery, discusses how heat affects the functionality of hard drives and whether or not data on an overheated drive can be recovered.

Electronically stored information: Downgrade at your own riskAuthor:
Amanda J.G. KarlsPublication:
Minnesota LawyerDate:
March 12, 2007Written by Amanda Karls, staff attorney for Kroll Ontrack, and published in Minnesota Lawyer, this article highlights how federal courts are deciding whether electronically stored information (ESI) should be maintained in an accessible format following a duty to preserve. Electronically stored information can exist in several formats that vary in degree of accessibility, posing new challenges surrounding best practices for document retention of ESI upon notice of litigation.

Efficiency matters - using topic review technology in document reviewAuthor:
Rhea FrederickPublication:
Hearsay: MSBA New Lawyers SectionDate:
February 1, 2007This article highlights the changing climate of e-discovery and the increasing demand for technology to reduce costs associated with document review. Rhea Frederick, legal consultant for Kroll Ontrack, sheds light on topic review technology—an algorithm that analyzes the associations among words and documents and groups the data into themes—and how it can help legal teams better understand topics and case themes long before any document are viewed in detail by an attorney.

Kroll Ontrack on legal talk network: The power of e-discoveryPublication:
Legal Talk NetworkDate:
January 19, 2007Increasingly, companies find themselves being investigated by authorities, and many are realizing the tough battle they face when trying to provide e-mails and important corporate documents in litigation. This Webcast discusses the issues plaguing companies and firms, the power of e-discovery, the world of limitless legal technology and the revised FRCP. Michele Lange, director of Product Line Management for Kroll Ontrack, provides insight and best practices.

Documents in cyberspaceAuthor:
Tina GaspersonPublication:
Tampa Bay Business JournalDate:
January 5, 2007Written by Tina Gasperson of Kroll Ontrack and published in the Tampa Bay Business Journal, this article discusses the 2006 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) as they relate to civil trials and the discovery process. In general terms, this article highlights the opportunity for pre-trial conferences and brings to light the expectation of producing electronic data in litigation.

Discovering the possibilitiesAuthor:
Michael KriegerPublication:
Minnesota LawyerDate:
December 11, 2006In this article published by Minnesota Lawyer, Kroll Ontrack Director of Product Line Management Michele Lange and Legal Consultant Rhea Frederick report on the benefits of and the ways to utilize e-discovery teams to speed up the litigation process.

Discovery rules of the digital ageAuthor:
Peter PiazzaPublication:
Security Management MagazineDate:
December 7, 2006As the new Federal Rules regarding the discovery of electronic evidence go into effect, Michele Lange, director of Product Line Management with Kroll Ontrack, explores how they may actually save companies time and money if they have to provide evidence in litigation. This article was published in Security Management Magazine.

New FRCP rules: What does it mean for youAuthor:
Michele C.S. Lange, Esq.Publication:
MSBA Computer Law Section (CLS)Date:
December 1, 2006In this feature published in the MSBA Computer Law Section (CLS), Michele Lange, director of Product Line Management at Kroll Ontrack, examines some of the key changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) as they relate to electronically stored information (ESI).

Secret information on your cell phoneAuthor:
Eyewitness News' Toni YatesPublication:
WABC-TVDate:
November 28, 2006In this short piece aired on WABC-TV, Alan Brill of Kroll Ontrack provides tips to ensure all data is removed from a cell phone prior to disposal.

Realities of RAID: Data loss still existsAuthor:
Jim ReinertPublication:
EnterpriseITPlanet.comDate:
October 24, 2006EnterpriseITPlanet.com explores how RAID systems protect data, but also explains that these systems don’t offer complete data loss protection. The article goes on to suggest that businesses suffering from RAID data disasters should be sure to work with recovery providers like Ontrack that have experience dealing with complex recoveries.

IM conversations can linger for yearsAuthor:
Anick JesdanunPublication:
AP Internet WriterDate:
October 1, 2006Kristin Nimsger, president of Kroll Ontrack, explores how Instant Message conversations may linger for years as seen in this article published by AP Internet Writer.

What you need to know about topic reviewAuthor:
Linda SharpPublication:
e-Discovery Law & StrategyDate:
October 1, 2006Published in e-Discovery Law & Strategy, Linda Sharp, a legal consultant with Kroll Ontrack, explores how technology can tame the seemingly overwhelming time, cost and efficiency issues of document review.

Better needle-in-the-haystackAuthor:
TrialGraphixPublication:
Legal TimesDate:
September 25, 2006This article featured in Legal Times suggests databases do not reduce the number of reviewable documents nor the relevancy, it is knowing how to use a database in an organized fashion that reduces the significant amount of chaos traditional review methods create. By effectively using current technology, data can be filtered and prioritized prior to an attorney reviewing a single document allowing for a more efficient process.

Production format and the new federal rulesAuthor:
Lisa Spinelli and Ghillaine A. ReidPublication:
New Jersey Law JournalDate:
September 1, 2006Lisa Spinelli, a legal consultant for Kroll Ontrack, delves into the issue of native file production and its relation to case law and the Federal Rules in this article published by the New Jersey Law Journal.

Easing the pain of e-discoveryAuthor:
Matthew D. NelsonPublication:
The RecorderDate:
August 1, 2006In this article published in The Recorder, Matthew Nelson, a former legal consultant with Kroll Ontrack, provides useful tips to keep costs down and reduce the headache of following new discovery rules.

Preparing for power outagesAuthor:
Jeffrey GangemiPublication:
BusinessWeekDate:
July 25, 2006This article focuses on the need for small businesses to be aware of the damaging effects of summer storms, including blackouts. In addition to highlighting the fact that small businesses are particularly susceptible to the effects of blackouts. This article offers advice on initiating an effect backup procedure.

What is Metadata Scrubbing, and is it good for Business?Author:
Richard N. Lettieri, Esq.Publication:
Executive CounselDate:
July 1, 2006Published in Executive Counsel, Richard Lettieri, an attorney and legal consultant with Kroll Ontrack, explains that metadata mining involves uncovering metadata, such as draft revisions, tracked changes, hidden text, and author information about a particular document, and the software that allows an attorney to uncover what has been altered within a document.

Bringing data back from the deadAuthor:
Daniel GreenbergPublication:
washingtonpost.comDate:
June 4, 2006Technology reporter Daniel Greenberg reviews the options for people who suffer data loss on their hard drives, highlighting Ontrack Data Recovery as the data recovery service provider of choice.

A complicated puzzleAuthor:
Brendan SheehanPublication:
Corporate SecretaryDate:
June 1, 2006Published in Corporate Secretary, this article details the importance of effectively managing corporate records and being able to accurately discover and recover documents. It also discusses the penalties involved from government regulators if a discovery request is not executed correctly.

You've got mail (so what are you going to do with it?)Author:
Jim ReinertPublication:
Computer Technology ReviewDate:
April 19, 2006Jim Reinert, senior director of Software and Services for Ontrack, explores the trend of massive email storage – and how Ontrack® PowerControls™ software can assist companies with recovering the messages they need.

E-discovery: A tech tsunami rolls in a background paperAuthor:
Judith SearsPublication:
National Court Reporters Association background paperDate:
April 1, 2006This document, published as a National Court Reporters Association background paper, discusses the emerging technology that has been developed to support the e-discovery process. Michele Lange, director of Product Line Management with Kroll Ontrack, discusses the impact.

Ditch your PCs but look after your informationAuthor:
Danny BradburyPublication:
Financial Times – Digital Business ReportDate:
February 22, 2006In this article published in the Financial Times, Alan Brill, senior managing director for Kroll Ontrack, provides advice on how to properly dispose of an old PC.

In-house legal teams lack skills to handle e-disclosureAuthor:
Rupert WhitePublication:
Law Society GazetteDate:
February 16, 2006As seen in Law Society Gazette, this article explains that more than half of IT and in-house legal departments lack the people and appropriate skills to handle electronic discovery. Michael Taylor, formerly a legal consultant for Kroll Ontrack, points out the gap between the new and old worlds in terms of e-disclosure.

Reforms to the merger review processAuthor:
Announcement by Deborah Platt Majoras Chairman, Federal Trade CommissionDate:
February 16, 2006This announcement from the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission marks the completion of one stage of an ongoing process to improve the merger review process and outlines the FTC’s role in ensuring effectiveness within that process.

Electronic disclosure: Civil procedure rule 31Author:
Michael TaylorPublication:
IT Law TodayDate:
February 1, 2006As seen in IT Law Today, this article highlights recent case profiles, as well the issue of electronic disclosure and its effect on IT lawyers and litigation. The issue includes an article by Michael Taylor, formerly a legal consultant at Kroll Ontrack.

Hard drive healersAuthor:
Cade MetzPublication:
PC MagazineDate:
January 18, 2006Can data be recovered when you throw a laptop hard drive into a campfire? PC Magazine editor Jeremy Kaplan wanted to find out, so he put Ontrack to the test.

Emergency data recoveryAuthor:
Cade MetzPublication:
PC MagazineDate:
November 30, 2005Ontrack's patented Remote Data Recovery™ service helps an emergency 911 company in southeast Texas get back in business after a major server failure.

A recovery mission of a different kind Author:
Bob Sullivan Publication:
MSNBC.comDate:
September 22, 2005This article details the experience of Sawyer Real Estate after Hurricane Katrina devastated their 100-year-old business. Despite receiving drives that had been underwater for days, Ontrack was able to recover most of Sawyer's data.

Corporate IT staff can play crucial role in discoveryAuthor:
Rhea Frederick and Tim HoodPublication:
The National Law JournalDate:
July 25, 2005Published by the National Law Journal, Kroll Ontrack Legal Consultant Rhea Frederick and Tim Hood provide us with an inside look at the critical cooperation required between Legal and IT departments in all phases of the discovery process. Frederick and Hood outline the best practice approach to decide whether or not a company should process a discovery request in-house.

Document (mis)managementAuthor:
Linda KishPublication:
e-Discovery Law & StrategyDate:
June 1, 2005Written by Linda Kish, former legal consultant for Kroll Ontrack and published by e-Discovery Law & Strategy, this article outlines several cases that have been affected by spoliation of electronic evidence and how the destruction of documents has played a key role in the court rulings.

E-discovery rules solidifyAuthor:
Jamie Ann TyoPublication:
Law Office ComputingDate:
June 1, 2005Reporter Jamie Ann Tyo examines the impact that the landmark Zubulake v. USB AG had on the legal world and corporations regarding electronic discovery. Michele Lange, Kroll Ontrack's director of Product Line Management, is interviewed on the importance of electronic document discovery and the expectation that legal officials should be knowledgeable in all aspects of electronic discovery.

Instant headacheAuthor:
Alexei OreskovicPublication:
Corporate CounselDate:
June 1, 2005Published by Corporate Counsel, Michele Lange, Director of Product Line Management for Kroll Ontrack, provides comments on the increase of discovery requests for instant messaging received from corporations involved in internal investigations and lawsuits.

The need for speedAuthor:
Janet RobertsPublication:
Law Office ComputingDate:
June 1, 2005Published by Law Office Computing, Roberts expresses the importance of a speedy and efficient e-discovery and document review system when working under a strict deadline. Kroll Ontrack was chosen over eight vendors to complete a 2.5 GB project in less than 45 days. Kroll Ontrack reviewed more than 30 million documents at a rate of 3 to 5 million a day.

Workers may have deleted e-mailAuthor:
Andrew CaffreyPublication:
The Boston GlobeDate:
May 11, 2005Published by The Boston Globe, Michele Lange, Director of Product Line Management for Kroll Ontrack, is interviewed on the importance of e-mail files when discerning document trails, particularly for regulators such as the FTC, who review documents during mergers and acquisitions.

Peering into the futureAuthor:
Rod HughesPublication:
Legal Assistant TodayDate:
May 1, 2005Legal Assistant Today published the results of their 4th Annual Technology survey citing that legal workforce assistants must encorporate cutting edge technology into their daily lives, particularly in light of the technology boom the legal world is facing. Kroll Ontrack President, Kristin Nimsger provides commentary on the impact e-discovery has on the legal landscape and how technological advancements have brought new issues to the legal industry.

The facts about remote data recoveryAuthor:
Jim ReinertPublication:
ComputerworldDate:
April 26, 2005Jim Reinert, senior director of Software and Services for Ontrack Data Recovery, describes the many benefits that remote service can offer and gives specifics on some of its impressive accomplishments.

Affordable disaster recovery for SMBS within reachAuthor:
Henry BaltazarPublication:
eWeekDate:
April 25, 2005Ontrack customers describe how their small businesses utilized Remote Data Recovery™ and achieved fantastic results – proving that RDR® is an excellent option for smaller companies on a strict IT budget because of its ability to provide fast, effective service.

There's so much talking going onAuthor:
Lisa SpinelliPublication:
New Jersey Law JournalDate:
April 18, 2005Written by Kroll Ontrack Legal Consultant Lisa Spinelli and published by the New Jersey Law Journal, this article provides commentary on how New Jersey and other state and federal courts are implementing new changes to civil discovery rules to address electronic evidence issues.

Digital or paper?Author:
Chris KoaPublication:
New Jersey Law JournalDate:
April 4, 2005Written by Chris Koa, former legal consultant for Kroll Ontrack, and published by the New Jersey Law Journal, the article discusses how digital communication has contributed to the rising costs of legal discovery. Further, Koa sheds light on new innovative technologies that will offer attorneys ways to save time and cut down on costs for their clients.

Computer sleuths bring crime to lightAuthor:
Frederick MeloPublication:
Saint Paul Pioneer PressDate:
March 6, 2005Published by the Pioneer Press, Kroll Ontrack President Kristin Nimsger provides insight on how almost 95 percent of information is stored electronically and is often the only source of information available in investigations.

The ever growing challenges of data storagePublication:
About.comDate:
March 1, 2005Jim Reinert, senior director of Software and Services for Ontrack Data Recovery, details the importance of considering the file system during storage planning – and how establishing a relationship with a data recovery compa